Manchester United might have to try wildcard Cristiano Ronaldo solution to captaincy issue

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

As Manchester United's beaten and battered players waited for confirmation of Brighton's fourth goal at the Amex Stadium, their captain was making his point. 'You're not fit to wear the shirt' was the invective flowing from the away end and this motley crew needed a lift, but Bruno Fernandes wasn't making his point to them.

Instead, the man with the armband on was pestering referee Andrew Madley for the umpteenth time in the game. Madley was waiting for VAR Chris Kavanagh to confirm whether or not a hand had been used in scoring the goal, but Fernandes could not possibly have seen and he was powerless to intervene with the technology anyway. READ MORE: How Ronaldo is helping United's Class of '22 in FA Youth Cup quest What United needed at that point was a captain issuing a rallying cry.

Someone trying to lift heads, urging players to salvage pride, to prove the away end wrong. What they got was a player who is earning a reputation of being a constant whinger on the pitch, more concerned with berating officials than encouraging his own teammates, having another go.

Fernandes has the armband in the absence of permanent skipper Harry Maguire, but he is a considerably worse captain than the United centre back.