Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Bruno Fernandes was asked to play a deeper role on his debut for Manchester United, and blamed a lack of movement from his forward players for the Portugal midfielder’s failure to make much of an attacking impact.
Fernandes has only been a Red Devils player a little over 48 hours, having completed his protracted €55 million (£47m/$60m) move from Sporting on Thursday evening.
But that did not stop Solskjaer from pitching his new signing straight into the starting line-up for Saturday’s goalless draw against Wolves at Old Trafford.