Portugal star Bruno Fernandes does have one ally since he was named Manchester United captain.

The attacker has come in for a lot of criticism from pundits, particularly ex-United players.

However, the man he replaced as skipper, Harry Maguire, is not one of those critics.

"He gave me congratulations and he said he is really happy for me," Fernandes revealed about Maguire prior to this season.

"I understand his position is not the best at the moment. It has to be difficult for him but he came and said congratulations to me and I am happy about that because we have always had a good relationship.

"Everyone already knew about the situation with H [Maguire] but no one knew who would be the next captain. So [Ten Hag broke the news] in a team meeting with everyone together because it's something we have to do more often, to keep the things inside and give the compliments inside to ourselves."