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Tyrone Marshall

Four moments vs Liverpool showed why Bruno Fernandes must change to keep Manchester United captaincy

The captaincy situation at Manchester United this season hasn't been particularly clear and when the club lifted its first trophy in six years at Wembley recently, the Carabao Cup was hoisted up by Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.

Maguire remains club captain, a point he reinforced when speaking to reporters at Wembley a week last Sunday, but on matchday, it is Fernandes who tends to wear the armband. Maguire has started just 10 of United's 42 games this season.

Fernandes hands over the captaincy when Maguire comes off the bench but the picture isn't ideal and it could come to a head this summer, when the centre-back might seek to find first-team football elsewhere. But the question then is whether Fernandes is the man to take over as club captain.

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