Manchester United's Brazilians Alex Telles and Fred have revealed the stories behind their facial scars.

Telles has spoken in great detail about how the scar on the side of his head came while playing for Gremio against Internacional in his homeland.

“It was in the Gre-Nal derby," he told Inside United. “Fred was playing for Inter at the time, we were rivals. It was a high ball and I clashed heads with an Internacional player. I ended up with a depressed fracture.

“I had to have an operation on my head to reconstruct the skull bone. The scar is now part of my identity, a reminder of my story for the rest of my life."

Fred, meanwhile, lifted the lid on how he sustained the mark and added there is another one under his beard.

“This scar on my forehead [points to it] comes from off the pitch," he said. “I was at home playing with my brother and ended up hitting my head against the wall. I ended up with five stitches.

“I've also got another one here on my jaw, hidden away [strokes beard].

“This was a football injury. I got kicked and had to have a few stitches but that's part of the game."