Danny Murphy believes Bruno Fernandes is more creative and a better goalscorer than Martin Odegaard despite the Arsenal midfielder being better defensively.
Comparing their Premier League careers, the Manchester United man averages more goals per game, albeit the Norway international has the edge when discounting penalties.
Fernandes also shoots more often and more accurately from better positions than Odegaard. The Portugal international also makes more key passes, and those lead to goals more often than his contemporary in north London.
However, he also intercepts and tackles at a higher rate than Murphy gave him credit for, doing so with a greater regularity than Odegaard. READ MORE: Eze can make United transfer plan clear to Ten Hag as challenge set READ MORE: United star's role less clear than ever despite Ten Hag 'trust' Asked to choose between the two players on talkSPORT, the pundit prefaced: "It's just preference. "Mine would depend on who else is in the team, that's how close it is.