Watford striker Troy Deeney believes that signing Bruno Fernandes will help Manchester United convince Paul Pogba to stay.

Many have speculated that Fernandes arriving may hasten Pogba's summer departure.

But Deeney thinks having another quality player in the squad will only convince Pogba that United is the right place for him.

"If [Pogba's] now going, "Oh, this is the type of player that we're signing, cool," Deeney told the United Stand.

"I've heard him on the pitch, sometimes he's coaching players.

"It's frustrating, I've been in that situation, many captains in our league have been in that situation where we're going [to team-mates], "Yo, do what you do in training, just because there's more people here doesn't mean you have to change your game".

"I can understand why he'd get frustrated.

"But now he's probably looking at it going, "Okay I can see what's going on here, me and Bruno can do a madness".

"If you put (Nemanja) Matic in behind them or (Scott) McTominay, break it up, you know like Roy Keane used to do, get it, break it up ten let (Paul) Scholes do his thing."