Manchester United -boss Ruben Amorim says that his opinion about Bruno Fernandes is more important than Roy Keane's.
The former United Captain gave a destructive assessment of the leadership of Fernandes, and tore in his recent displays as he spoke to the overlapping stick to football podcast.
“I see fans at competitions and they sing for Bruno. I see these guys, I think you will put on!” “, Said the former republic of Ireland International.” You must have a starting point. I'm all going back to it – talent is not enough. Bruno is a talented player, but talent is not enough. “
When asked about Keane's comments in his press conference on Friday, Amorim was fast to defend Fernandes.
“I have a different opinion. Bruno is really important to us in the club,” said Amorim.
“He is especially for me. He plays well in a difficult context. He always wants responsibility.
“I always know that as Captain he does things with his arms and sometimes you see it criticizing the teammates. I think it is a lot of frustration in recent years. He wants to win and sometimes it is really difficult to deal with that frustration.
“But as I said, everyone has an opinion, Roy Keane has great standards in his time. And it is normal to have an opinion. I have an opposite opinion and I think it is more important than Roy Keane's because I am the coach. And I think he is doing things pretty well.”
Amorim: Garnacho pays for team dinner
Amorim also said that Alejandro Garnacho will pay for a team dinner after he had walked directly through the tunnel after his replacement during the 3-2 victory of United on Ipswich on Wednesday.
Garnacho was replaced by Amorim at 44 minutes in an immediate response to Patrick Dorgu's red card, with the attacker replaced by Noussair Mazraoui.
The Argentinian went directly through the tunnel when United fans in Old Trafford seemed to take the decision to take the winger.
“He came to me,” said Amorim. “It was funny because he came to me in my office the next day. I did some research and he went to the dressing room to change his clothes because he was wet, he looked at the game in another [place] – Not on the couch, but he looked at the game.
“And at the end of the game he went home. There is no problem there.
“But I told him that at Manchester United everything is important and perception at a large club like Manchester United is important. So he is going to pay [for] A dinner for all the team and that's it. “
Amorim defends Onanan errors
Amorim emerged in defense of his goalkeeper Andre Onana, who was also confronted with criticism after his performance against Ipswich. A mix with Patrick Dorgu gave Ipswich their opening goal, while many have also been critical of Onana for his role in Ipswich's second.
“In the past year he had a number of difficult moments, but this season he made a number of major saves for our team,” said Amorim.
“Sometimes he had some problems, but that is normal. If you look through our team, you can find many players with that problem. We do not perform as well as a team, and some players have problems.
“In the second goal, people talk a lot about it from Ipswich. He is waiting for Delap's shot. That is really clear. Then the ball remains the goal. That can happen. We have to support Andre as if we support all players, prepare you for the next game, forget the past and prepare for the future.”
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