Southampton manager Ruben Selles expects to see "some rotation" in the Manchester United line-up this weekend with such a short turnaround from Thursday's Europa League game.
23.02.2023 - 17:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Bruno Fernandes has praised the trio of Casemiro, Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez for their impact inside the Manchester United dressing room.
Casemiro and Martinez joined United in the summer for a combined price of over £110million, with Erik ten Hag insistent on adding experienced leaders to a squad that had been lacking direction for so long. The pair joined veteran defender Varane at Old Trafford, with the France international and World Cup winner having joined from Real Madrid the previous year.
Alongside stand-in captain Fernandes, the experienced trio have taken control of the dressing room and led the Reds to an outstanding season. Ten Hag's side could win their first piece of silverware in the Carabao Cup on Sunday and remain in all four competitions available to them at the start of the campaign.
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And Fernandes, who is in his fourth season in Manchester, praised his teammates for showing the necessary leadership.
"Obviously he [Casemiro] is a player that can find the passes and at the same time cover a lot of space in behind,” Fernandes told Rio Ferdinand in BT Sport's Between the Lines. “He gives you the freedom to go higher and take more risks, to make runs into the box because you know you'll be covered by him.
"But at the same time he's adding goals and assists being in the right positions, he has a great mentality, even if he doesn't speak English very well he can talk to people in a football way and help everyone. He's been a really good part for us and improved our team.
"More than that he improved everyone who plays in that position because it makes you want to push yourself a little bit more and having Casemiro who
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