"He can be a really top manager in the future if he gets the chance," Bruno Fernandes said about the departing Michael Carrick in December 2021.
Fernandes was convinced his former coach who had worked closely with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and excelled in a stint as a caretaker boss at Manchester United would succeed.
Carrick's recent nomination in the Championship Manager of the Season shortlist is the latest indication that the Portuguese playmaker was spot on in his assumption.