Many of United's players look set to leave this summer, including Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Cavani and Mata, whose contracts have expired and are not expected to be renewed. Whether the new coach is Tenhag or Pochettino, these players will not wear the new Red Devils shirt next season. But Bruno Fernandez's future is clear and the club is close to completing negotiations with his £240,000-a-week 5-year new contract.
However, the 27-year-old Fernandez has lost his former aura this season, his performance has been questioned, and at the golden age of his career, he must change himself to play his due role in United's revival.
It remains to be seen whether the new coach is Tenhag or Pochettino, how they position B Fee is even more unknown, portugal's new core used to be the No. 10 player, but the tactical style of Tenhag and Pochettino is likely to require Fernandez to change.
Pochettino, in particular, used the way another classic No. 10 player, Eriksen, at Tottenham, heralded a shift in B Fee's role if he were to coach. In Pochettino's Spurs 4231 formation, Alli is the no.10 but is not in charge of the organisation, and the main responsibility is to insert forward. Eriksen was placed on the right, the Danish midfielder was similar to Fernandez, not very fast or dribbled, but more organized and good at ball, and Pochettino used his characteristics well to deliver cannonballs to Kane.
From 2015 to 2019, Eriksen had at least 10 Premier League assists per season and 50 assists in four seasons, which is quite an excellent statistic. If Fernandez can change his always risky passing style and improve efficiency, then there is still a good chance of becoming the true core of Manchester United in the past.
Tenhag has only coached in the Eredivisie and also has a no.10 position in his tactical system, but he will ask multiple players to appear in this position through a no-ball running rotation to create better passing options. So even if he manages Manchester United, Fernandez needs to become more versatile and not create chances by trying a lot of straight blocks or passing over the top, as in the past.
In the Final of The World Cup Euro zone play-off group C between Portugal and North Macedonia, Fernandez scored twice to send the team to Qatar. He touched the ball 86 times, shot 3 times on target in 5 shots, created 4 key opportunities and played his due role.
Never in the past has Fernandez made such an important contribution to the Portuguese team. Before the double mark on Tuesday night, Fernandez had only six goals and seven assists in 41 appearances for Portugal, making him almost invisible.
In this game, B Fei was also deployed on the right side, using the space created by C Ronaldo, Jota and Silva in the front court to exert his own attacking power.
As in the semi-finals against Turkey, Portugal played well with Ronaldo's lead, although the latter did not score, but the clever crotch assist helped Fernandez break the deadlock, achieve an important lead goal, and avoid repeating the mistakes that Italy could not conquer for a long time, which was the key to Portugal's final successful promotion. In the end, Ronaldo, as the mastermind behind the scenes, achieved his goal of becoming the 4th player in history to participate in the World Cup for 5 times.
Portugal's goal was completely handled by the Manchester United duo B Fee and C Ronaldo. Fernandez's midfielder steals Stefan Listowski's pass and gives it to captain C Ronaldo for the first time. The latter pushed the ball to the edge of the penalty area, drew in the defense, and passed through the crotch to B Fee, who sealed the victory in one fell swoop.
Manchester United should learn from Portugal's successful experience and incorporate Portuguese double stars C Ronaldo and B Fee into the team's overall attack and defense system, rather than relying too much on the individual ability of the two. Ronaldo, who turns 38 at the beginning of next year, needs to transform, and his teammates must also step forward and play their respective roles.
The data shows that in Ronaldo's 18 goals at Manchester United this season, B Fei assisted 3 times, but the latter's 9 goals did not have Ronaldo's assists. Manchester United also need to find a way to use the "Portuguese connection", which was demonstrated by Portugal coach Fernando Santos.
Fee B and Cristiano Ronaldo have been successful in the World Cup play-offs and now and in the future they must do the same for Manchester United.