Former Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has spoken out about Bruno Fernandes being made captain at the club.
Solskjaer made Harry Maguire captain at Manchester United, but current manager Erik ten Hag reversed the decision and made Fernandes captain.
The Norwegian claimed Fernandes is “too passionate” as a captain, during a discussion on the Premier League podcast Stick to football, which is hosted by Jamie Carragher, Roy Keane, Ian Wright and Gary Neville.
“I knew Bruno Fernandes had captain qualities when I was manager at Manchester United,” Solskjaer said on the football podcast.
“He’s got the personality and quality – but he knows and I’ve told him – that he’s too passionate at times and he loses a bit of control. I loved Harry Maguire as a captain, he was the leader in that group for me when I was at the club.”
He added: “The way that Harry Maguire has handled himself with everything happening to him at Manchester United is top class and just shows the character he’s got, that I want in players. They dig in, don’t jump ship at the first opportunity, stay in there and do the best you can.
“I remember his first training session and he looked like a man mountain compared to the others, and he came in and played well, but obviously over time, he got lots of criticism.”
