Everything Erik ten Hag has said on Bruno Fernandes' captaincy and attitude amid Manchester United criticism

Manchester United's new captain Bruno Fernandes is in the eye of the storm this week following the defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

Fernandes criticised the match officials in his post-match interview and said he wanted an apology from PGMOL's Jon Moss after a handball call against Cristian Romero was not given. Since then, Erik ten Hag has been told to strip the Portuguese midfielder of the armband by pundit Chris Sutton who said on the It's All Kicking Off podcast: "Bruno Fernandes first and foremost needs to sort himself out, his team out, before looking at referees and their decisions. Bruno Fernandes for me shouldn't be captain of Manchester United, absolutely not, he's not a leader. That basically sums him up."

Rio Ferdinand also hit out at Fernandes, telling his Vibe with Five podcast: "I think at this point you've just got to be honest. I understand why he's upset, but he probably would have got more out of it by coming out there and going, 'You know what, we've been s**t, we ain't been up to the level we expect ourselves to be at and we need to get better, be better and do more'.

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"I think that blame stuff, he could have gone down the corridor [to the referee], but that's hindsight. Go down the corridor, speak to the referee, whatever. But it's owning that. The performances haven't been great. It's easy to say he should have done this or that, when you're in the moment and you’re hot it's different."

This is not the first time Fernandes has court controversy for his attitude and as such MEN Sport has taken a look at what