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Bruno can absolutely go toe-to-toe with De Bruyne in raw output goals, assists, big moments and he does it in a far less controlled system. That matters. At United, it’s chaos at times, yet he’s still the focal point, still producing, still pressing like his life depends on it. You can question efficiency, but you can’t question influence. Bruno carries more responsibility both on and off the ball, and that counts when talking about “completeness.” But let’s not pretend context doesn’t exist. De Bruyne operates in a system that maximizes his strengths structure, patterns, elite movement around him so his game looks cleaner, more efficient, more dominant. Bruno looks messier because he’s asked to do everything.



Goals in the last three PL seasons: 26 — Eberechi Eze 26 — Bruno Fernandes

🚨 Atletico Madrid have opened talks with Wolves for Joao Gomes having shortlisted him in January. Wolves value Gomes at around £40m. Atletico Madrid have already agreed terms with Atalanta's Ederson, but no club to club agreement leading Atleti to also look at other options. Manchester United and Arsenal tracking the Ederson situation. 🤝 @alex_crook



Bernardo was shit for the first 28 games of the season 🤣 but suddenly he's in POTY conversations. The seeding is insane.




🚨 JUST IN: Manchester United are considering a summer move for Aurélien Tchouaméni. #MUFC [@SimonPeach, @PA]


50 reasons why Bruno is the Premier League PFA POTS no debate (No. 47 is crazy)👇🏼 1. 18 assists and on track to equal/beat the record 2. Bruno Fernandes has won the most MOTM awards in the Premier League this season (18), followed by Rayan Cherki with 10 3. Played more than 50% of games Utd's deepest midfielder and still has 18 assists 4. Everyone expected #MUFC to finish 8th or below this season—he is a huge reason why they are third 5. Bruno Fernandes could be on about 25 assists already if United were more clinical 6. MOTM performances vs Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea 7. His biggest contender Rice did not step up and influence those big games like Bruno did 8. Bruno played deeper than Rice at the start of the season and his numbers still trump his 9. Gabriel, Rice, Saliba all class but no standout at Arsenal—fans split between which of the three deserve it 10. Bruno Fernandes is just the best individual player in the league 11. It is Premier League Player of the Season, so Man Utd not being in Europe has no impact on this 12. Despite being forced to play DM for half of the season and playing fewer games than other top players, Bruno is in the top 1% for the following stats: goal involvements 13. Top 1% assists 14. Top 1% chances created 15. Top 1% progressive passes 16. Declan Rice has 7 MOTM awards this season—less than half of Bruno 17. Most assists in the top five leagues: Bruno and Olise (18), and look at the way people speak about Olise 18. Bruno is the only player to create 100+ chances this season 19. Bruno’s assists have contributed to over 30% of Man Utd's goals this season—for context, KDB’s 20 assists only contributed to 19% of City's goals that season 20. That Bruno dummy on Calvin Bassey 21. That Bruno free kick vs Bournemouth 22. That Bruno assist vs Chelsea is something few players could do 23. In games where Man Utd were shocking (Newcastle away), Bruno was the only player who showed up trying to make things happen out of nowhere 24. His defensive work rate is insane 25. Arsenal may bottle the league and have not played great since the turn of the year 26. Olise’s 18 assists only contributed to 17% of Bayern's goals, while Bruno’s 18 assists = 31% of United’s goals—if Bruno had better attackers he would be on way higher numbers 27. Bruno's influence on Man Utd is higher than that of any player in the league 28. Bruno's vision, technical ability and passing range are clear of Rice 29. If Bruno was English, it would not even be a debate 30. Other 10s are struggling in the league as it is way more compact this season—Xavi, Wirtz, Palmer, Foden, Odegaard and Eze failing to have the same impact vs low blocks that Bruno does 31. Both KDB and Henry won POTS after reaching 20 assists, so if Bruno reaches 20 assists he has to 32. The league is lacking quality in the final third, and Bruno is clearly the best player in the league 33. Bruno is first in the league for xA 34. If you exclude set-pieces for Bruno Fernandes but include them for everybody else, he still has the most chances created in the Premier League this season (71) 35. 26 G+A in 30 PL games while playing almost 60% of the season in a double pivot is absolutely mental 36. Some games Bruno Fernandes drops back into CB when chasing games to pick up the ball and make things happen from deep 37. Every pass and good bit of work Man Utd does goes through Bruno 90% of the time 38. Bruno’s biggest competitor in Rice statistically does not top any charts like Bruno does 39. No midfielder in Premier League history has more Player of the Month awards than Bruno Fernandes (6) 40. No player other than Bruno has ever created 6+ chances in four successive appearances in the competition (he did that this season) 41. That Bruno performance vs Aston Villa 42. Bruno controls the tempo of Man Utd games 43. No Arsenal player has even won Player of the Month this season 44. Bruno has won POTM awards, Rice, Saliba and Gabriel have not this season 45. Bruno has created nearly double the amount of chances as anyone else in the league 46. KDB managed 23 goal contributions in total in 21/22 and won the PFA Player of the Year award—Bruno is already on 26 and has played deeper 47. No player has created 5+ chances in more than three games this season, Bruno has done it in 14 games 48. That Bruno pass to Cunha vs Aston Villa 49. Insane set-piece deliveries 50. Most key passes per 90 in the league


🚨 BREAKING: Leny Yoro is believed to have picked up an injury and has not travelled with the United squad to London. Manchester United are now set to be without four of their five centre-backs for the trip to Chelsea, according to Samuel Luckhurst. Kobbie Mainoo HAS travelled.







🚨🏆 Pep Guardiola: "19 titles in 10 years at Manchester City, in the modern era, in England, in Europe… …I think it's a hats off to the whole organisation”.









