According to quotes from the Manchester Evening News [14:12], Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes the signing of Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon means his team are not favourites to beat their Old Trafford rivals to a top-four spot – resulting in some Red Devils supporters brushing off the apparent compliment.
Fernandes, who signed from Sporting in January to the tune of £47 million which could rise to £67.7 million through add-ons, has been touted as a star signing by Lampard. The Portuguese playmaker, who amassed an impressive 15 goals and 14 assists from midfield before putting pen to paper at Old Trafford (Transfermarkt), made his debut against Wolves last Saturday – completing 80.2% of his passes whilst threatening with five shots on goal, as per WhoScored.com. The Chelsea legend, according to these quotes, has lauded the 25-year-old as a ‘world-class‘ addition to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side – with the two managers going head-to-head in just under a fortnight during their next Premier League encounter.
As a result, some United supporters have labelled the former England international’s comments as ‘mind games‘ before their meeting – with others slamming the manager’s verdict that United could be top-four favourites. Here’s what they had to say on Twitter.
Mind games – because after the internationals United’s next game is…? Yep, you guessed it
— Just introduce me as… ℝℕℤ (@D0ntGetItTwiStd) February 2, 2020
He keeps downplaying his own team and talking positive about other to try to lower the expectations of Chelsea getting top 4
— RunkeGlenn (@RunkeGlenn) February 2, 2020
You’re forgetting who our coach is
— DanielLUHG (@danielcohen2341) February 2, 2020
That’s an irony and mind games
— LLM (@lungelomoss1) February 2, 2020
and what if he gets injured along the way hun?
— Isaac Sarpong (@coby_reigner) February 2, 2020
Has he seen the rest of the squad ?
— Paul Jones (@JONESYCANEATER) February 2, 2020
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