‘I don’t know if he wants my job, but he’s a leader’
Mason Mount a doubt for Wolves game
Ruben Amorim has joked that Bruno Fernandes may want his job as Manchester United head coach after the captain observed training sessions and remained a vocal leader despite being injured.
Fernandes could be out for up to three more weeks after sustaining a hamstring problem in United’s 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on 21 December. Amorim was asked if the 31-year-old is still an influence on the team and offered a humorous response regarding his own role.
“He’s the guy that is watching training even after treatment. He’s going there,” the Portuguese said of his compatriot. “I don’t know if he wants my job or not, but he’s a leader. He cannot be that guy that when he is not playing, he’s not talking and speaking. He’s always speaking. That’s why he’s the captain. He has bad things sometimes, the way he moves his arms [gestures, on-field], but has a lot of good things too. So there are a lot of things that you don’t see but that he does. He’s a great leader all the time.”
