Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp has brutally insisted that Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes would only be good enough to arrange training sessions for the legendary Class of '92 despite his importance to the current squad.
As captain, Fernandes has divided opinion among both fans and pundits but has performed well for the Reds in what has otherwise been a poor campaign for the club. Despite this, former players remain critical of him with Roy Keane insisting after the Portuguese scored a tremendous free-kick against Arsenal that he still 'needed to do more for the team'.
This opinion is also shared by Redknapp who, in an interview with The Sun, insisted that Fernandes would not have made the starting line-up of some of Sir Alex Ferguson's greatest ever teams. "I like the manager Ruben Amorim but it will take years to turn [Man United] around, if it can be done at all," the former Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham manager said.
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"It has become a great club in name only. You'd look at the United of Fergie's day and see superstars everywhere, Amorim would just love one.
"Bruno Fernandes is the closest and even then no more than a place in the squad. He wouldn't have a prayer of making the team.
"Who would you drop? [Ryan] Giggs, [Paul] Scholes, [David] Beckham, Roy Keane, Paul Ince, even Nicky Butt or Darren Fletcher? Not a chance.
"If Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer struggled to get a game, Fernandes wouldn't get beyond putting the cones down and handing out bibs." This brutal analysis perhaps sums up the current state of the United squad with the club sat languishing in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
Should West Ham beat Newcastle United tonight in the Monday night fixture, the Reds will drop to 15th in the Premier League table.
