Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is eager to give Bruno Fernandes as much room as he needs to express himself.

The Portuguese midfielder arrived in the Premier League in January and has hit the ground running, proving himself to be worth every penny of the £68m transfer fee paid to Sporting CP.

United play Club Brugge in the second leg of their Europa League last-32 tie on Thursday and Solskjaer plans to call on Fernandes.

He said: "We feel we'e added some X Factor quality with Bruno.

"The addition of Bruno gives us a bit of a different flavour He likes to play forward passes and take risks, which a Manchester United player should do.

"His imagination and his overview, picture, is a couple of seconds ahead of many players.

"It is one of his strengths he knows what he wants to do. He can change his mind in a split-second. That composure has been important.

"I think Bruno will only improve by coming here to a stronger league, stronger opponents and stronger teammates, getting used to us.

"We want to develop that x-factor. He's come in and impressed everyone but we don't want to put a limit on what he can do."