Bruno Fernandes is set to make his 300th appearance for Man Utd against Brighton in the Premier League.
Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United is presented with an award for scoring his 100th goal for the club by Head Coach Ruben Amorim and Director of Football Jason Wilcox
Fernandes with Amorim.(Image: Manchester United via Getty Imag)
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Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim believes Bruno Fernandes is a "great captain, leader and footballer".
Fernandes is set to make his 300th appearance for the club against Brighton this weekend. He is regarded as the best signing of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era and was appointed captain two years ago.
The midfielder received a lucrative offer to sign for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal in the summer, but he decided to stay at Old Trafford, and he is practically undroppable for Amorim.
Amorim was asked whether Fernandes had surpassed his expectations at United and responded: "I think it's a little bit different from what I was expecting. Everything you read about the players sometimes is not that. You can understand sometimes they already spoken about.
"The frustration that he feels is because he wants to help a lot. The teammates sometimes it's not the best way but he comes from a good place and you don't know that when you are not here. He wants the responsibility all the time.
"He suffers a lot with the losses. Every time we don't win a game, you can feel it. He takes it personally, as he should as a captain. He is a great leader, a great footballer, so let's see if he's going to reach that mark tomorrow."
Amorim discussed Saturday's opponents and said: "You can see by the way they play the game. Really intense. The quality is there. They believe a lot on what they are doing, even under pressure. So I'm a huge fan of Fabian [Hurzeler]
"We [will] use the good spirit of winning games. We know that was a good weekend for us but our focus is on the next game. That is in the past and we need to understand that football can change a lot, especially in this kind of club.
"So we are not thinking about the last game. We are thinking that this game is going to be really hard to win. We have one identity, one way of playing but we adapt what kind of game we need to play in the moment. You can sense that the first half against Sunderland was not the same as the second half.
"We know how to manage that. Then against Liverpool, of course, we scored right away in the first play. Then we managed the game playing in a different style because it was needed in that moment. That is a good thing.
"Then the spirit. Sometimes when you have a good spirit you have that bit of luck that we need to win games."
Amorim added: "I just want to maintain some direction in what we are doing. There is doubt. If you are a manager, you don't win a lot of games. People are going to doubt you.
"They have reasons for that. My point of view is that we need to be clear on our path and not change so much because we win one game.."
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