Erik ten Hag elaborates on Bruno Fernandes role and personality as Man Utd captain

While the captaincy is no doubt a key element of Ten Hag’s team planning, the boss believes the most important thing is Bruno maintaining his elite productivity in the final third, after a season in which he contributed 14 goals and 15 assists.

“First, you have to be in that position and then I think things can speed up,” he responded to a further question about becoming a better leader with age and experience.

“And yeah, he’s definitely improving in that role, but it’s only a role because, most of all, he has to contribute on the pitch and in his positioning.

“What we expect from him there is that he is magnificent in pressing, counter-pressing, attacking transitions and what we expect from him in that final part of the game is that he is decisive, and in decisions, and he has the key actions, the assists and the goals.”

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