Bruno Fernandes advised Fred to emulate Paul Scholes before he put in his best performance in a Manchester United shirt.
Fred has come on leaps and bounds this season under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and is now one of the first names on the Norwegian's team-sheet.
Arguably his standout performance this season came in the 5-0 win over Club Brugge in the Europa League last-32.
The Brazilian scored twice as United sailed past their Belgian opposition, and according to Fred himself, January signing Fernandes played a part in his solid performance by advising him to get into the box whenever possible.
Fred told Esporte Interativo: "Before the game against Brugge, in which I scored two goals, I hadn't scored a goal this season. We were at the hotel there for lunch, just before the game.
"And the TV here likes to show old games. And they were showing only Scholes' goals. And I was like, 'Man, this guy gets in the box so much. He's a midfielder and is always in the box, he always scores with his head, all the time'.
"Back then, I saw him playing but I didn't follow so much, in Brazil I wasn't able to watch all United games. And then, seeing his goals, he would enter the box, shoot from outside the box, right foot, left foot. And I said 'Man, this guy'.
"And then Bruno said 'See? You have to do that. Enter the box and you'll score'. Then I went and scored two goals in that game. That's why Bruno celebrated a lot, he was on the bench. I watched his videos and said 'Man, what a great player'."
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