Manchester United news: Should Man United sell Bruno Fernandes

BBC Sport chief football reporter Simon Stone has been answering your questions on the summer transfer window.

A suffering Man Utd fan asked: Do you think Manchester United should sell Bruno Fernandes and reinvest in a couple of players? I can’t make my mind up if he is part of the problem through no fault of his own as we are so reliant on him!

Simon answered: Oh my goodness, where do you start with this? By some considerable distance, Fernandes is Manchester United’s most effective attacking player. He is the one they rely on to create, score goals, galvanise the team and lead. Aside from that, he is a pivotal figure off the field, tries to guide young players around what it means to be a young player and the behaviours and scrutiny that entails.

If he left, it would be absolutely huge. On the negative side, I accept his approach does not help when it comes to a ‘system’ because if he has a flaw, it is his positional discipline, which can create massive problems for his team-mates. I actually thought Erik ten Hag found the answer when he played him as a false nine in the FA Cup final against Manchester City but Ruben Amorim is not heading down that route, so if he stays it will either be as one of two number 10s or as a holding midfielder.

Given his age and where United are, I would be inclined to sell. But, and it is a very big but, they have to buy well and so many alarm bells go off in my head when I think of that because of United’s overall recent record.