“Strange,” said Ruben Amorim. And if there have been plenty of odd developments at Manchester United in recent years, this may have been the weirdest. Bruno Fernandes was injured and this just does not happen. Almost six years since his arrival, the United captain has missed exactly two games with injury. That number is set to rise, possibly dramatically.
Fernandes will be out for a while, in Amorim’s estimation. United will be shorn of the man who was captain, ever-present, set-piece specialist, penalty taker, invariably top of the assist charts, sometimes the top scorer and frequently the greatest source of salvation when they were losing. Apart from that, though, what does Bruno Fernandes do for Manchester United?
