Bruno Fernandes is relishing playing with Christian Eriksen and learning from his new Manchester United team-mate.
Free agent Eriksen has signed a three-year deal with United and will link up with his new team-mates when they are back from their pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia. Although Fernandes and Eriksen play in a similar attacking position, United's chief playmaker reckons they can complement each other and help each other to develop.
“Obviously I always learn from players who play similar positions as me,” said Fernandes. “I think Christian has been an amazing player in the past and even last season, when he played for Brentford, he was amazing for them.
“He's such a good quality player for us and I'm looking forward to playing alongside him. I think the best players make you play better, make you improve, so I'm looking forward to learning from him and to helping him in any way I can.”
Fernandes reckons United's new high-pressing style under Erik ten Hag will see them score more goals and be more of an attacking threat this coming season. United have already scored 11 goals in three games on tour and Fernandes said: “If you don't perform at the level you should, the strikers won't get that many balls to score.
“We didn't press as high as we press now, so when we press high as we do now, you're closer to the goal when you recover the ball, so it makes it easier, it makes them fresher when they have the ball. We want to show something different and we want our forwards to score. We're really happy for them to score and I hope they can keep this up for the season.”
