{"id":297801,"date":"2023-11-01T08:24:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T08:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297801"},"modified":"2023-11-01T08:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T08:24:40","slug":"ian-wright-claims-bruno-fernandes-is-not-setting-the-right-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ian-wright-claims-bruno-fernandes-is-not-setting-the-right-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wright claims Bruno Fernandes is NOT setting the right example"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ian Wright claims Antony&#8217;s swipe at Jeremy Doku shows under-fire Bruno Fernandes is NOT setting the right example as Manchester United captain and is just &#8216;looking out for himself&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bruno Fernandes has come under scrutiny for a lack of leadership\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roy Keane and Chris Sutton believes he should be stripped of the armband\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Manchester United WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ian Wright believes Antony&#8217;s petulant swipe at Jeremy Doku in the Manchester derby is directly related to Bruno Fernandes setting the wrong example as club captain.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a382million signing was lucky to escape a red card after he appeared to kick out at the Manchester City winger\u00a0in the closing stages of United&#8217;s 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Antony earned himself a yellow card for twice taking a swipe at Doku and then slapping the City player&#8217;s arm away when he remonstrated.<\/p>\n<p>And Wright believes the Brazilian&#8217;s behaviour stemmed from Fernandes&#8217; example.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bruno sometimes just goes off and they\u2019re not ready. It\u2019s not good for the team,&#8217; he told\u00a0The Kelly and Wrighty Show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/06\/77256711-0-image-a-1_1698820858354.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bruno Fernandes&#8217; captaincy at Manchester United has come under scrutiny\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/06\/77256733-0-image-a-2_1698820862114.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ian Wright believes the Portuguese is setting the wrong example as club captain\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Watching Antony come on and his contribution was to kick out at [Jeremy] Doku like that, but the example of the captain is seeping in. That\u2019s the captain doing it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>United were comprehensively outclassed by City at Old Trafford with Fernandes again coming under scrutiny for a perceived lack of leadership in the drubbing at the hands of the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the same show, former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves noted the boundaries between commitment and petulance can often become blurred where Fernandes is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I know he looks moody but I think he tried to kick out [to a City player] to show the fans he cares but it doesn\u2019t come across in the right way and it frustrates a lot of people,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former England international believes Erik ten Hag should shoulder some of the blame for the midfielder&#8217;s behaviour in the Manchester derby.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018[Ten Hag] gave it [the captaincy] to Bruno because he\u2019s their most consistent player by a long shot but yesterday [Ten Hag] played him out of position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Play him as a No.10 and drop another player. I think his frustration came a lot from not having any influence on the game.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wright also suggested that while Fernandes&#8217; will to press opponents and chase down seemingly lost causes may endear him to the fans, it was not the kind of approach bound to inspire players around him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/06\/77256721-0-image-a-3_1698820869246.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wright blamed Antony&#8217;s petulant outburst on Sunday on Fernandes&#8217; lack of leadership<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/06\/77256755-0-image-a-7_1698820951735.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian winger was lucky to escape a red card after petulantly kicking Jeremy Doku (right) during United&#8217;s 3-0 defeat in the Manchester derby\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He closes down on his own as well, that\u2019s a signal to players who you\u2019re playing with that he\u2019s playing for the crowd,&#8217; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When you see people just going on their own and you don\u2019t see anyone else backing up, you kind of feel like he\u2019s looking out for himself.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wright and Hargreaves aren&#8217;t alone in questioning Fernandes&#8217; skipper credentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s <span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/span> podcast with Ian Ladyman earlier this week, Chris Sutton insisted the Portuguese was not captain&#8217;s material, a point he first made in August.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You look at the great Manchester United captains of the past. [Roy] Keane, [Bryan] Robson, [Steve] Bruce, [Nemanja] Vidic and [Gary] Neville,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re captains with a bit of clout, a bit of authority. [They are] somebody you want to follow out of the tunnel where you feel you&#8217;d run through a wall with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I never felt the same about Bruno Fernandes. I think he&#8217;s petulant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s like the talented, spoiled kid down the park when things aren&#8217;t going, who then takes his ball home. That&#8217;s the way he seems to me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sky Sports on Sunday, former United captain Roy Keane singled out Fernandes saying the Portugal midfielder&#8217;s body language was the &#8216;opposite to what you want in a captain&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/06\/77256707-0-image-a-4_1698820878395.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane said that Fernandes&#8217; body language was the &#8216;opposite to what you want in a captain&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;The first thing I would do is take the captaincy off him. I know it&#8217;s a big decision but Fernandes is not captain material.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s a talented player, but what I saw today, he&#8217;s whingeing, he&#8217;s moaning, he&#8217;s throwing his arms up in the air constantly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It really isn&#8217;t acceptable. When you&#8217;re talking about where do they make changes &#8211; board level, managers &#8211; I&#8217;d start with that because the manager is capable of doing that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fernandes is a brilliant footballer but he&#8217;s the opposite to what you want in a captain.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12696401\/Ian-Wright-Bruno-Fernandes-incident-Antony-captain-Manchester-United.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Wright claims Antony&#8217;s swipe at Jeremy Doku shows under-fire Bruno Fernandes is NOT setting the right example as Manchester <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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