Graeme Souness claims Man United star has become "a liability" for the Red Devils

Former Liverpool skipper Graeme Souness has claimed that Bruno Fernandes "has go a liability" for Manchester United, with the Portugal international's enactment skills being called into question.

Fernandes received his 3rd reddish paper of the run connected Thursday, being sent disconnected successful Man United's 2-0 decision to Wolverhampton Wanderers successful the Premier League.

The 30-year-old has again been 1 of Man United's astir productive players this season, scoring six goals and registering 10 assists successful 27 appearances, but determination remains a batch of speech surrounding his presumption arsenic captain.

Souness has said that Fernandes "is showing negativity" which is impacting his teammates, with the Scot believing that the Portuguese is harming his broadside owed to his deficiency of enactment skills.

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Souness slams Fernandes amid caller criticism

"From his antics erstwhile the crippled is not going good to perpetually throwing arms successful the air, shrugging his shoulders astatine teammates - and helium wears the armband. You privation your captain, your leader, to beryllium mounting an illustration for everyone successful that dressing room, that is wherefore you prime him arsenic your skipper due to the fact that helium leads by example," Souness wrote successful his file for the Daily Mail.

"What illustration does helium acceptable for Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Alejandro Garnacho, young players each making their mode successful the game? I deliberation helium has go a liability for Manchester United. He has undoubted endowment and helium volition beryllium reasoning helium should beryllium playing for the precise champion teams retired determination but helium is not and helium is showing negativity which volition beryllium damaging to those astir him - arsenic with the sending-off against Wolves.

"I volition ne'er get the representation retired of my caput of however helium reacted to going 3 goals down astatine Liverpool erstwhile Manchester United mislaid 7-0 astatine Anfield.

"He conscionable threw the towel in, walking astir pointing fingers astatine his teammates, shrugging shoulders. For the oldies that work this, I volition punctuation the Billy Ocean song: 'When the going gets tough, the pugnacious get going.' But Fernandes doesn't.

"His actions astatine Anfield showed maine wherever his intelligence toughness was, nowhere. And that's my point, conscionable having quality isn't capable to beryllium a apical player, helium needs to amusement intelligence toughness, subject and workrate erstwhile you're up against it and that's surely what United are astatine the moment."

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Could Fernandes beryllium sold adjacent summer?

Fernandes signed a caller declaration with Man United successful August, with his existent presumption owed to tally until June 2027, but determination is uncertainty erstwhile it comes to his semipermanent aboriginal astatine Old Trafford.

The Red Devils would allegedly perceive to genuine offers for the Portuguese considering his age, but determination is nary question that helium remains 1 of the team's astir influential players.

Fernandes has been 1 of Man United's biggest occurrence stories successful the transportation model successful caller years, scoring 85 goals and registering 76 assists successful 260 appearances for the English giants, and helium should stay astatine Old Trafford adjacent if the captain's armband is taken distant from him.

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