Former Manchester United players Mata and De Gea divided on Bruno Fernandes’ captaincy

Manchester United’s captain Bruno Fernandes is under the spotlight in the last few hours after being revealed by the club’s legend Roy Keane as a bad captain, which initiated the criticism towards the Portuguese superstar in the last few days. Meanwhile, the player scored the winning goal for the Red Devils in their visit to Fulham, and he fueled the controversy again.

In this sense, the two last former Manchester United players to join the discussion have been the Spanish footballers Juan Mata and David De Gea, who through their personal Instagram accounts have commented on the performance developed by Bruno Fernandes as a captain in the last few months, showing that they would not agree at all.

On his side, Juan Mata posted a picture of the Portuguese playmaker with the caption “Professional, Committed, Humbled, Hard Working, Talented, Decisive, Leader, Respectful, and Imperfect, just like the rest of us. Always in my team”, which tried to back the Portuguese superstar against the criticism around him.

De Gea sent a strong message to the Portuguese

However, David De Gea, who had met the Portuguese player in the last seasons, showed his disagreement with the Ten Hag’s decision of giving Bruno the team’s captaincy and he did it in a really controversial way, as the Spanish goalkeeper commented one of the Portuguese posts on Instagram celebrating the win against Fulham. Bruno posted a picture of himself celebrating the win with the caption “United” and a heart emoji, and De Gea replied “you are not the right captain” with an emoji silenced, suggesting that he would have many things to say about the Bruno’s role as a captain and fueling the controversy towards the Portuguese player one more time.