Bruno Fernandes is emerging as a strong contender for the Premier League Player of the Year award, while Portugal teammate Joao Neves firmly believes his compatriot is the best the league has to offer.
The Premier League remains the biggest league in the world, full of star players, top coaches and emerging talent.
Manchester United have a mixture of that when you consider star players like Bruno Fernandes and Bryan Mbeumo, top coaches like Michael Carrick and Steve Holland and emerging talent such as Shea Lacey.
The Red Devils are in the process of addressing their Premier League form, which has been painfully inconsistent in recent years. A turnaround under Carrick as interim head coach has led to a significant push for Champions League qualification.
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Joao Neves names Bruno Fernandes as the best player in the Premier League
Fernandes has consistently been Unitedās best player since joining the club in January 2020.
The Portugal international is in his sixth year at United, and he has won the clubās Player of the Year award four times.
PSG star Joao Neves has cast his opinion on the best player in the Premier League right now, with his verdict bound to be music to the ears of the Old Trafford faithful.
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Despite never playing in England, the 21-year-old midfield ace was linked with a move to United before moving from Benfica to PSG in 2024.
Neves named Fernandes as the Premier Leagueās āMVPā (most valuable player), before telling MVPs on TikTok: āHe scores a lot of goals and heāll do a lot of assists.ā
The Portuguese duo will be linking up this summer, hoping to go all the way at the 2026 World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.
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Joao Neves names Bruno Fernandes as the best player in the Premier League
Neves hailed Fernandes for his goalscoring output
Neves and Fernandes will be aiming to go all the way at the World Cup with Portugal this summer
Bruno Fernandes picked Michael Carrick as his DREAM TEAMMATE ā How good would they have been together?
A title winning midfield surely?
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Man Utd signed Manuel Ugarte instead of Joao Neves
United opted to sign Manuel Ugarte from PSG the same summer Neves joined the Ligue 1 giants.
Ugarte was seen as being more affordable, with United of the view that he possessed the defensive profile Erik ten Hagās side required in midfield.
Sadly, the Ugarte transfer didnāt go to plan. The Uruguay international has not been able to cement a place in the team and is being linked with a move away from United this summer.
Meanwhile, Neves is excelling under Luis Enrique at PSG.
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