Ex-Arsenal star enjoys watching Bruno Fernandes and says Man Utd will get better .

• The former Sporting Lisbon captain Fernandes has absolutely hit the ground running in England.

• Fernandes has continued to receive praise from several football experts across the globe.

Fernandes was in fine form before the coronavirus crisis brought the 2019-20 campaign to a halt. [Getty]

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson has lauded Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes following his brilliant start to life in the Premier League. Since the Portuguese sealed a move from Sporting Lisbon to Old Trafford, he has scored three goals and registered four assists, and also won the Premier League's Player of the Month award for February. Speaking to Sky Sports' The Football Show, the ex-Gunner Merson said: "What I like about him is that whenever he gets the ball, first he looks forward. He always wants to look for that forward pass. "I always look at players, especially when they're going to a massive club like Man Utd, and how they lift the club. You have to be a special player to go to a club with international footballers and lift other players along the way. I think that has happened. "When you get players on the same wavelength, it's a different situation. When you're playing in front of 70,000 people, people have to remember that when you have a couple of bad passes, the name of the game is to keep on wanting the ball to make those passes. "A lot of players hide, and sometimes don't even realise it. With him, he doesn't, he keeps getting it and giving it to people. They're not 60 yard passes, he just gets it through the lines. "I think he's been outstanding, and I've loved watching him."

United are unbeaten in the nine games Fernandes has starred in since his £47million January move from Sporting Lisbon, however, the football expert believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Red Devils will only get better when football resumes.

"I think they'll be better, no doubt about that," Merson said: "What they have to be is consistent. Against the bigger boys, teams that come and have a go, they're a better team, playing counter-attacking football, but you have to mix it up.

"When you become a better football team, teams kick-off and put 11 players behind the ball and do that counter-attack to you.

"What you need is players like Bruno Fernandes who can get on the ball and find a pass.

"When you have 60, 70 per cent of the ball, you need players who will put the ball through the eye of a needle."

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