FRED LIKE HIM
Bryan Robson and Roy Keane set bar high for Man Utd midfielders but Fred is now playing his best football in new role
FRED has been a much maligned figure in his four years at Manchester United.
The problem is when you are a Red Devils midfielder the bar you have to reach is very, very high.
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Bryan Robson, Roy Keane etc…
Sometime it is so high it can’t be reached.
But there is no doubt that the little Brazilian is enjoying his best spell at the club under Ralf Rangnick.
Yes, there are some positives at the club at the moment.
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Look at Jadon Sancho, who has rediscovered the form that made him one of the most exciting players in Europe during his time in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund.
His understanding with Cristiano Ronaldo is improving all the time with the pair becoming good friends off the pitch as well.
He set the Portuguese veteran up superbly with a first-time ball for the second goal.
Understandably it is Ronaldo’s name in lights after his super hat-trick, but there were other jobs being done, and done well on the pitch for United, not least by Fred.
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It was Fred doing so much work in the middle of the park that proved to be crucial for the result amid an intense race for the top four.
He has passed 150 appearances now, but only recently did he admit that he was enjoying his football in the same way he does when he plays for Brazil.
In a two in front of the back four he was often asked to just sit, but that restricted his natural instincts.
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He loves working from box to box.
Picking it up from the back four to set things moving then getting into the final third to link up with the forwards.
Witness his superb little flick to Ronaldo that set up his 30-yard screamer.
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Defensively he was always there on the top of his own box scrapping away to win posession.
He was there as an outlet for his teammates when they needed to pass. He was just buzzing everywhere.
That is the frustrating thing for Rangnick.
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He must feel so close to getting so much right at times.
Fred is a great example of that.
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