Manchester United have found their own version of David Silva in Portugal international Bruno Fernandes, says Paul Scholes, while Paul Pogba has been warned that he faces a fight to win his place back.
The Red Devils opted to bolster their midfield ranks during the January window when completing a big-money raid on Sporting.
Fernandes had been a long-standing target for those at Old Trafford, but few could have predicted that he would make quite such a dramatic impact when his signature was finally secured.
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The 25-year-old has hit the ground running in English football, becoming a talismanic presence for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and a player many United fans are now pinning future hopes on.