Carrick urges Man Utd to keep Bruno Fernandes amid transfer doubt

Manchester United manager Michael Carrick has urged the club to keep captain Bruno Fernandes this summer, despite lingering doubts over the Portuguese playmaker's long-term future. Carrick made the point after a 3-1 victory over Aston Villa, praising Fernandes's excellent form while noting the midfielder had previously hinted in December that his time in Manchester could be concluding and had rejected a lucrative move to Saudi Arabia.

Carrick said: "In terms of the club and moving forward, it's difficult for me to get involved in too much of that. Bruno's definitely not someone we'd want to lose, I can say that, but the summer and beyond that, it's difficult for me to kind of go too far with that, but certainly, he's important for us and he's definitely not one we would want to lose." The captain needed one assist to equal David Beckham's record but provided two, taking his season total to 16 assists in 27 Premier League appearances compared with Beckham's 31 games in 1999-2000.

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