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THREE other Man United players have reportedly been identified as captain material over Bruno Fernandes.Concerns have arisen over Fernandes’ ability to lead the team following his actions in the defeat to Liverpool.
Bruno Fernandes reportedly faces a fight to earn the permanent captaincy of Man UnitedCredit: Rex
Casemiro, Raphael Varane and David De Gea are reportedly considered as potential captainsCredit: Getty
The 28-year-old was seen heading straight down the tunnel after the humiliating 7-0 defeat to the Reds on Sunday.
Fernandes was also thought to have asked to be subbed during the game, however, he has since denied that was the case.
While there is no immediate risk to his possession of the armband at the moment, the chance for him to be named the next permanent captain have taken a blow.
The Portuguese midfielder has been leading the team on the pitch after Harry Maguire fell out of the starting XI.
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The England international is expected to leave the Old Trafford side this summer, meaning that there would be an opening as the club captain.
According to The Daily Mail, Casemiro, Raphael Varane and David De Gea are seen as potential options to take up the role.
Varane displayed his leadership traits against Liverpool.
The French defender could be seen after the game encouraging his team-mates to go over and applaud the fans that had stayed till after the full time whistle at Anfield.
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De Gea is one of the longest-serving players at the club, having arrived at the club in 2011 from Atletico Madrid.
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The report suggests that the next captain will not be picked based on just popularity.
However, it does say that a popular player could help nurture “a collective team spirit” among the squad.
Paul Scholes defended Fernandes after his performance against Liverpool.
He said: “I actually feel sorry for Fernandes when he’s played.
“He’s been pushed out to many positions to do a job for the team, he was on the left today, he’s been on the right, he’s played through the middle, he has been a little bit all over the place.
“You can’t say any of the players performed the way they should have done but I thought he was especially poor today, it wasn’t his greatest afternoon.” More

FURIOUS Erik ten Hag told his Manchester United stars they were lucky to be travelling back on the team bus after their Liverpool humiliation.He turned on the Sir Alex Ferguson-style hairdryer treatment with a  blast inside the Anfield dressing-room following Sunday’s 7-0 trouncing.
Erik ten Hag made his players sit in silence after the defeat to LiverpoolCredit: Rex
It was so they could hear Liverpool’s celebrations in the next dressing roomCredit: EPA
The Dutchman felt they deserved to be leaving Merseyside with the club’s raging supporters after their worst defeat for 91 years.
Ten Hag, 53, made them suffer in silence by insisting they listen to their hated rivals’ celebrations.
And he then tore a strip off them, warning they would all be axed if there was a repeat of a performance which he publicly slammed as “unprofessional” and “unacceptable”.
It comes as SunSport revealed Ten Hag also dished out his own hairdryer treatment to the players.
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It is believed that it was the “angriest” the manager has “ever been”.
Ten Hag called the squad into training this morning with an inquest being held into the game.
A United source said: “Obviously ,  the manager was furious after the game and he still was the following morning and has made his feelings clear.
“He and the players are all desperate to reset for Thursday.”
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Ten Hag was still raging about the horror show this morning.
He arrived at Carrington HQ at 7am to prepare a debrief, with players arriving two hours later.
They were ordered to put it right — starting on Thursday against Real Betis in the Europa League last-16 first leg at Old Trafford.
Despite United being unlucky to go in 1-0 at the break, they then completely capitulated in the second half.
Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo, and Mohamed Salah all netted braces before Roberto Firmino scored the seventh.
The defeat for United has cast a major shadow on what had been a successful week in which they had won the Carabao Cup and advanced to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. More

BRUNO FERNANDES has denied claims that he asked to be substituted towards the end of Manchester United’s 7-0 trouncing at Anfield.The captain was seen gesticulating at the United bench as Anthony Elanga was brought on for Marcus Rashford with five minutes of the game remaining.
Bruno Fernandes has denied asking to be substitutedCredit: Rex
This prompted former Manchester United skipper Gary Neville to claim he was asking to come off.
Neville said: “Bruno Fernnades is stood in the centre circle with his arms raised saying ‘why is it me not coming off?’
“Honestly, I have to say some of his behaviour in the second half has been a disgrace.”
Neville added: “I’ve had enough of him throwing his arms about, not running about.
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“That wasn’t a captain’s performance by him.”
But Fernandes has since made it clear to club staff that he was asking for clarification as to whether he should play centrally or wide now Elanga was on.
Fernandes has also escaped any further action for pushing the assistant referee as he tried to retrieve the ball for a goalkick.
He was initially stopped from doing so by the official as Fernandes tried to grab the ball off Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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The player then pushed him as he went to get the ball.
But because the referee Andrew Madley saw the incident and decided to take no action no retrospective punishment has been given.
Analysing the incident on Sky Sports News Dermot Gallagher said it was right that Fernandes escaped any action against him.
Gallagher said: “I actually have mixed feelings about it. You don’t want a player to be manhandling an official, but I think the linesman manhandles Fernandes more than the other way round.
“I think once the official does it first, Fernandes is almost fly-swatting, ‘get out of my way I want to get on with it’.” More

RAY PARLOUR left fans in stitches with his hilarious reaction to Liverpool thumping Manchester United.The Reds handed Erik ten Hag’s side an astonishing 7-0 thrashing on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool trounced Man Utd 7-0 at Anfield on SundayCredit: Reuters
Arsenal legend Ray Parlour had fans in stitches with his reaction to the scoreCredit: Getty
An incredible second-half collapse from the Red Devils saw them concede six goals in 38 minutes.
Cody Gakpo, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah all helped themselves to braces before Roberto Firmino added a seventh.
Fans were left in disbelief afterwards at the huge scoreline, and Arsenal legend Parlour was among them.
And he took to Twitter to tongue-in-cheekily announce he was heading to the casino with one lucky number on his mind afterwards.
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The 49-year-old, who won the Premier League three times with the Gunners, tweeted: “Liverpool 7 Man U 0 don’t sound right how many beers have I had. Going casino 7 all  the way.”
Meanwhile, United manager Ten Hag brought out the hairdryer following his side’s disastrous defeat at Anfield.
SunSport has learned the Dutchman was “the angriest he’s ever been” following the humiliation at arch-rivals Liverpool.
No player was spared in a dressing down which lasted several minutes. 
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An insider told Sun Sport: “Ten Hag was livid. After the game he was straight down the tunnel, and as soon as the players got into the changing room he ripped into them. 
“It was the full hairdryer treatment. He explained he can accept defeat but that the way they’d performed was unprofessional. 
“No one individual was singled out. But Ten Hag said everyone, himself included, now needed to learn from it and do a lot better.” More

MANCHESTER UNITED superfan Mark Goldbridge went into total meltdown during Sunday’s 7-0 thrashing to Liverpool.The Reds practically ended whatever hopes United had left of a late Premier League title push with braces from Darwin Nunez, Cody Gakpo and man-of-the-match Mohamed Salah at Anfield.
Manchester United fan Mark Goldbridge was infuriated after the Liverpool lossCredit: Mark Goldbridge
Manchester United suffered their heaviest Premier League loss to LiverpoolCredit: PA
But it was Roberto Firmino’s goal that condemned the Red Devils to their heaviest Premier League defeat of all time just two minutes before full-time.
Most of United’s travelling fans were so infuriated they left the Kop long before the full-time whistle as Erik ten Hag’s men were already 3-0 down by the 50th-minute mark.
The same applied to supporters watching from home, such as Goldbridge who lashed out after Firmino’s finish.
The YouTuber hosts the popular United Stand show and went ballistic during his latest live watchalong.
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The United fan got off his seat and started stomping on the floor during an expletive-laden tirade.
Goldbridge fumed: “Oh f***ing hell! I’m gone. I’m finished.
“No! No! No! Oh for God sake! No! No! No! Seven f***ing nil?
“What the f*** man? What the f***ing hell is going on? Seven nil? Seven bloody nil? I can’t believe it! I can’t believe it!”
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Fans weren’t the only ones who flew into a rage after the whistle as United legends Gary Neville and Roy Keane also didn’t hold back on their criticism.
Neville described the performance as a “disgrace and a shambles” and labelled captain Bruno Fernandes as “embarrassing”.
Keane, on the other hand, lambasted United’s senior players for going missing and even claimed he wouldn’t come out of his house “for months” if he was part of that team. More

RIO FERDINAND has admitted his former side were “pulverised” in a “complete massacre” at Liverpool. Manchester United are still recovering after the global humiliation of their 7-0 defeat to their old rivals.
Ferdinand did not mince his words as he reflected on a wild afternoon on MerseysideCredit: PA
Some players have come in for stinging criticism from club legends following the record-equalling loss.
A baffled and dazed Ferdinand took to his Youtube channel as the former United centre-back tried to collect his thoughts.
He said: “Boy… It’s that bad I got to laugh, man. I don’t even know where to start with this one, it’s been a madness.
“My phone hasn’t been this hot since I got married.”
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“You got to remember that when you go to Anfield [the fans can] suck the ball into the net. Not that they needed to today. The atmosphere is one of the best in the world, especially when it’s a team like Man United coming to town.
“We’ve been pulverised. That was a massacre, an absolute massacre at Anfield. That’s all you can call it.”
United were only 1-0 down at half-time before their staggering second-half collapse.
Heavy defeats to rivals have become a theme of the last few years for the Red Devils but fans would have hoped that the club’s resurgence under Erik ten Hag in recent weeks had put that to an end.
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Ferdinand believes that the “reality check” could prove to be a silver lining.
He added: “I think if there’s any grounds in the world that can humble you then it’s Anfield. Complete reality check of where we’re at.

“We’ve still got a lot of work to do and this could be a blessing in disguise. And that’s the only way you can look at this because otherwise it’s a depressing state you fall into. Which I’m nearing now…”
The former defender, 44, also compared the loss to Man United’s infamous 6-1 defeat against Man City in 2011.
That squad managed to get off the canvas and come within seconds of winning the league before Sergio Aguero’s iconic strike against QPR.
Ten Hag will be hoping his team, who he slammed as “unprofessional” yesterday, have similar powers of recovery.
As the glum-faced squad headed to training, goalkeeper David de Gea has taken to social media to address the situation but some fans did not take kindly to his words. More