Roy Keane slams ‘circus act’ around Bruno Fernandes’ assist record
Roy Keane has criticized Bruno Fernandes’ mindset in his pursuit of the Premier League’s assist record as he known as it a “circus act”.
Fernandes arrange Bryan Mbeumo for Manchester United’s third objective in Sunday’s 3-2 win over Nottingham Forestwithin the course of equaling the league’s single-season record of 20 assists alongside Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruynewith an opportunity to now break it at Brighton on Sunday.
But, in a match the place United weren’t sure of victory till the ultimate whistle, there have been a variety of events the place Fernandes appeared to move up alternatives to shoot, as a substitute specializing in discovering a team-mate, and Keane took situation with what he noticed as particular person information being prioritized over staff objectives.
Speaking on The Overlap, Keane mentioned: “When you’re the captain of a club and you’re supposed to be driving the club forward, don’t be getting bogged down by just your role in the team, just assists.
“What I heard at United on the weekend, actually, I used to be raging with it. The complete chat about his assists… Everyone, the gamers had been [talking about it]the sport was about his assists. That’s the entire thing.
“After the game he got interviewed and he said, the captain of Manchester Unitedsaid ‘A few times, I probably should have… shot but I made the passes.’ Wow. How can your mindset be not to win the match but be about an individual record?”
When Gary Neville identified that Fernandes mentioned he had turned down profitable gives to go away United as a result of he’s decided to convey extra silverware to the membership, Keane mentioned he would want to vary his mindset for that to occur.
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“He won’t be winning trophies, not with that mindset of the team,” he mentioned. “They’re giving up two goals and everyone’s getting all giddy because he’s equaled the record for assists. It’s mind-boggling. It’s a circus act.”
Keane additionally criticized Fernandes for exhibiting his frustration when his team-mates had been unable to complete probabilities he had created, saying as a captain it needs to be his position to present encouragement reasonably than lamenting the actual fact he had not added to his personal statistics.
“Bruno gives a pass and they missed it,” he mentioned. “What did Bruno do after he missed it? He went on the floor. Why is he falling? [He’s disappointed] for himself. His striker is having a difficult spell and missed a couple of chances, and he’s thinking of himself.”