Gary Neville gives verdict on Roy Keane's damning assessment of Bruno Fernandes as Manchester United captain

Gary Neville has suggested that Bruno Fernandes should relinquish his Manchester United captaincy at the end of the season, saying it's "obvious" he isn’t the right fit.

The midfielder has been in the role for just over three months and Neville believes Erik ten Hag won’t be the one to take the armband away from him. However, the former defender said it would benefit the player’s game if the responsibility was taken away from him.

Former United skipper Roy Keane said that he would strip Fernandes of the honour after his demeanour in the closing stages of Sunday’s Manchester derby. The Portugal international received a yellow card after putting in a number of hefty challenges and berating the referee with United 3-0 down.

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Keane stated he does not think Fernandes is “captain material” and Neville admitted he concurred with his former teammate. “I don’t think to start with he should have been made captain,” he told Webby & O’Neill.

“It was quite clear when you were watching him when [Cristiano] Ronaldo was there when you’re watching him towards the middle of last season, it was obvious that he wasn’t the perfect captain for the group – but I think he is the best player in the team and I think he’s our most valuable player.”

Neville added: “I think, to be fair, if he had anything he’d get to the end of the season and he’d say, ‘Look, captaincy isn’t for me,’ is what I would think.

“Because my view on it would be he needs to be someone who goes out onto that pitch and just concentrates on his own performance, gets back to thinking that he doesn’t have to be everywhere on the pitch. He doesn’t have to