In the absence of bruno fernandes, manchester united manager erik ten hag says he knows who will captain his team against liverpool.
United is aware that they will be without their on-field leader fernandes for sunday’s match, to add to the red devils’ injury woes.
When he let his frustrations get the better of him six days earlier in bournemouth, the midfielder picked up his fifth yellow card of the season for dissatisfaction.
obviously, any team losing their captain will be in jeopardy, but ten hag is confident that it will not be a problem at anfield. In his most recent press conference, he bragged to the media: “yes, i know who my captain will be.” “it opens up the door to rumors about who will wear liverpool’s armband in a high-pressure match,” he said.
Apart from the portuguese international, ten hag has a five-man leadership group that includes raphael varane, casemiro, marcus rashford, tom heaton, and luke shaw.
Casemiro is one of the few long-term absentees who is unable to be called on, while heaton, 37, serves solely as a back-up to andre onana in the net. Varane returned from a month-long injury on tuesday, rashford, who has recovered from injury, and shaw, who has overcome a fitness scare, to fight it out for the armband.
