How does Bruno Fernandez Fit in to Manchester Utd Team

Manchester united are on the verge of completing a move for the most publicized transfer target of the january transfer window in the person of Bruno Fernandez from Sporting CP for a fee of around 55 million euros but much has been said about the midfielders inability to hold and retain balls. As a matter of fact this was the major reason why Solsjaar was reluctant to sign the attacking midfielder last summer.

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The Sporting captian though makes up for this with his creativity and eye for goal. where then would he fit in when it comes to formations and tactics in this united team. Ole could go with a more cautios style by playing him in a role closer to the opposition goal where he can cause damage and task him with creating and scoring goals in a 4-2-3-1 formation with Scott and Pogba forming the base from which he operates.

Alternatively Ole could go with a more solid formation of a 3-4-1-2 wher the flying wing backs when attacking form a quadruple number with the likes of Rashford and Martial upfront and when defending they turn to a 5-3-2 giving Fernandez the room to operate freely as shown below.

Even though it will look like an open midfield a combination of Fernandez, Pogba and Scott would not be a bad idea in a 4-3-3 tasking Pogba as the most talented amongst them to hold the ball and distribute passes. this is some how risky as Paul Pogba is not known for his positional discipline but aside that this is do-able when the team press from the front and defend as a unit.

No matter how it looks united are getting a goal scoring midfielder who would add more bite to their attack and that is a boost for their top 4 quest.

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