PHIL NEVILLE believes Bruno Fernandes is pretty much as good as Manchester United legends Wayne Rooney and Eric Cantona.
However he reckons the Portuguese ace has worse teammates that his predecessors.
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Phil Neville reckons Bruno Fernandes ranks among the many best-ever Man Utd gamers – however has worse teammatesCredit score: Getty Pictures – Getty
Fernandes scored twice and arrange a 3rd purpose as United got here from behind to beat Everton 3-1 at Goodison Park yesterday.
He already has six targets and 5 assists to his title this season.
And Fernandes arguably carried Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s crew to a Champions League end final time period, bagging eight targets and 7 assists in simply 14 league video games following a £47million transfer from Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of the yr.
Regardless of coming beneath hearth final month for a drop in kind, Fernandes proved the doubters mistaken along with his man-of-the-match efficiency in opposition to the Toffees.
And United icon Neville is adamant that Fernandes is on the identical degree as two different ex-Previous Trafford legends, Rooney and Cantona.
However he feels Fernandes faces a more durable activity to be at that degree persistently as he’s enjoying in a United crew with far much less high quality.
Neville informed Premier League Productions: “Since Fernandes joined the membership I don’t suppose he’s had a dip but.
“You thought after his first preliminary targets, assists and influence that he made, you thought ‘The place’s that dip coming? Can he do it within the second season? He’s doing it even higher.
Neville believes Fernandes is pretty much as good as ex-skipper Wayne RooneyCredit score: Getty – Contributor
Neville places Fernandes alongside Previous Trafford nice CantonaCredit score: PA:Press Affiliation
“When he speaks, he speaks like a Manchester United participant, he speaks like a Manchester United captain, he speaks like a frontrunner, he speaks like somebody who needs to win. I feel he’s a particular participant.
“You’ve seen gamers which have come to Manchester United over the past in all probability 10, 15 years, I don’t suppose anybody has had as large an influence in such a brief area of time as him.
“Perhaps Rooney, possibly Cantona, these varieties of names, I feel he’s had an identical influence too.
“His stats, his targets, his assists, his performances. Rooney got here in and scored a hat-trick in his first sport, Cantona is available in, places his collar up and says ‘I’m a Manchester United plater’.
“That sort of influence he’s had, even in a crew that in all probability isn’t pretty much as good as that crew Rooney and Cantona performed in.”
