While Fernandes identified a triumvirate of gold-standard European midfielders in his rundown of footballing heroes, he feels Scholes’s knack for arriving late in the opposition area and scoring goals is more reminiscent of the role he fulfils at Old Trafford.
However, given the scarcity of Premier League football broadcast in Portugal growing up, that realisation didn’t fully dawn on Bruno until after he’d signed for the Reds in January.
“For me, I will be realistic because if I look at all of them, maybe I’m more closer to Paul Scholes than them [Andrea Pirlo, Zinedine Zidane and Andres Iniesta],” Bruno told co-hosts David May, Sam Homewood and Helen Evans.