Bruno needs Fred. He’s a very big part of why he’s so successful.
“Although Fred has had no direct involvement in goals and has created few chances, he does rank high when it comes to the ‘two offensive actions’ leading to a goal or a shot. Nearly 90% of the Brazilian’s shot-creating actions have been passes, suggesting he picks out Bruno Fernandes in areas from which he can create chances”
This is absolutely essential to how we currently play. Get the ball early and fast to Bruno. Now Switch to a languid Pogba and wasteful Bruno with Kante behind them and you’ve almost certainly come back full circle to the fact that we actually lose more than we win with Pogba and Bruno in the same team.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.th...utd-better-without-pogba-fernandes-stats/amp/
Pogba is the elephant in the room since we signed Bruno. We don’t need both in midfield. We could play a 433 with Pogba or a 4231 with Bruno. It’s a waste of a space where someone else could be pressing and working hard off the ball shutting the other teams play down close to the source and thus making us more dominant in the game and able to create better quality chances due to having more of the ball and limiting the other team to half chances. It’s very important to get that balance right instead of forcing names into a team.