Bruno Fernandes has dispelled the myth that he is unable to play alongside Donny van de Beek at Manchester United.
Van de Beek has found game time hard to come by since joining United from Ajax in the summer transfer window in a deal worth £35million.
Some have claimed that the Dutchman is struggling to get into the Red Devils team because he cannot play alongside Fernandes.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer handed Van de Beek his first Premier League start on the weekend, in United's clash with Southampton.
And the midfielder put in a solid performance alongside the Portuguese, as United came from behind to win 3-2, proving he is more than capable of lining up next to Fernandes.
Speaking after the game, Fernandes went one step further in dispelling the myth.
"Every midfielder in our team has quality," explained Fernandes.
"Donny has a lot of quality. We know we can play together and also with other players we have. Everyone has quality to play and we know each other. We can play with three today then switch and play the next game with another three or another four.
"It doesn't matter because all of them have quality and we can all be together on the pitch, everyone can make a difference. Donny today played a really good game but Fred and [Nemanja Matic] were really important to us.
"They worked and they worked and they were two players who calmed down the game and moved the ball. In the second half that was crucial and they recovered a lot of balls and they ran a lot.
"We have to score first now! And now suffer like we suffer every game away! As I said before the team spirit today was unbelievable.
"I think, and I keep saying, the first half was good but we conceded two goals. We created some chances, the keeper made two big saves.
"Of course in the second half we scored the goals and maybe everyone says it was two teams in two halves, no, the team was perfect.
"We conceded two goals but I think the level was high in both halves and of course we scored in the second half which was better for us because we went from two goals down to 3-2."
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