Bruno Fernandes: My Style Is apos;close apos; To Man United Legend Paul Scholes
[/sport/bruno-fernandes/index.html Bruno Fernandes] has paid tribute to [/sport/teampages/manchester-united.html Manchester United] club legends Paul Scholes and [/sport/cristianoronaldo/index.html Cristiano Ronaldo] after a stellar start to life at Old Trafford.
The attacking midfielder is one of the first names on the Red Devils team sheet after being a regular goalscorer in his first 10 months at Old Trafford following his £67million from Sporting Lisbon in January - starring once again on Tuesday night as he scored twice in their 4-1 Champions League victory over Istanbul Basaksehir.
The 26-year-old claims that his own goalscoring exploits remind him of United legend Paul Scholes, who also wore the number 18 shirt for the [/sport/premierleague/index.html Premier League] giants during his playing days.
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes has paid tribute to Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo
Fernandes claims he is a similar player to Scholes (above) who also wore the number 18 shirt
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Fernandes told the [ ]: 'For me, maybe I'm closer to Paul Scholes. (He) was a guy who likes to be in the box, who likes to give an assist, who likes to score a lot of goals.
'I think Scholes was one of the best midfielders in the world. For England, a lot of people talk about Frank Lampard because he scored a lot of goals of course, one of the best in England too, hoa tam giác mạch you have Steven Gerrard too.
'But I think Scholes is the one who makes more difference than anyone else. In the last generation, those three were the three best ones, and for me Scholes was best.'
Fernandes thinks Scholes (above) was better than Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard
Since moving from Portugal to Manchester, Fernandes has scored 18 goals in 33 matches for the Red Devils - including six goals in eleven matches during this campaign.
The midfielder is the latest in a long line of Portuguese stars to have played in the red half of Manchester, the most famous being current Juventus and Portugal national team forward Cristiano Ronaldo.
During his six-year stay at Manchester United, Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 matches, including 42 successful strikes in the 2007-08 season as United won the Premier League and Champions League titles.
The United midfielder also hailed Cristiano Ronaldo (above) as his favourite player
Fernandes (left) has the opportunity to play with Ronaldo (right) at national team level
Fernandes, who now plays with Ronaldo in the Portuguese national team, kynghidongduong.vn claims that he has tried to copy the striker's mentality over his career.
The midfielder added: 'Everyone knows Cristiano was my favourite player. I think it was a little bit of everything.
'It was the way he worked every day, the mentality he had, the capacity he had to give 100 per cent in every game at a high level. For me it was like a motivation, like you always have to do better.
'He was scoring goals every game, but he was still trying to improve. My mentality comes a little bit from understanding what sort of player you want to be.'
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