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Michael Carrick: Bruno Fernandes pays ultimate compliment

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Manchester United are a transformed team under Michael Carrick, and the results prove it.When Ruben Amorim was sacked, United were sixth in the Premier League table, 11 points behind Aston Villa in th...

Michael Carrick: Bruno Fernandes pays ultimate compliment Manchester United are a transformed team under Michael Carrick, and the results prove it. When Ruben Amorim was sacked, United were sixth in the Premier League table, 11 points behind Aston Villa in third, and also trailing Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for Champions League football. Fast forward four months, and the Red Devils are third, in the driving seat to qualify for Europe’s premier club competition, with multiple players looking reborn under the caretaker head coach .

Bruno Fernandes is the perfect example. Having played in a deeper role under Amorim , the club captain is back doing what he does best: terrorising defences while playing in the No. 10 role.

Bruno Fernandes, a player reborn under Michael Carrick And the Portuguese superstar lavished praise on the former United midfielder for the impact he has had in such a short span of time . Speaking to Wayne Rooney, the 31-year-old explained (via BBC ), “When he came in, he had the positive energy the team needed. “Not just nice words but when he needed something stronger, or something softer, something to bring the team together.

That was not just important for the team but the whole environment. “We weren’t thinking about what could have been or what we should have done. Very quickly we changed to, ‘it didn’t work out, let’s turn on to the other one and push to achieve what we want this season’.