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Bruno Fernandes should not captain Manchester United again following Sunday\u2019s humiliating 7-0 defeat by Liverpool, says Chris Sutton.<\/p>\n
The Portuguese, who deputises in the absence of club captain Harry Maguire, was\u00a0criticised for his behaviour and attitude in the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are people that are far better qualified to be captain,\u201d Sutton said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFernandes is not their best leader. There are more suitable candidates than him, Casemiro being one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on BBC 5 Live\u2019s Monday Night Club, former Premier League striker Sutton, who also suggested Raphael Varane as another option, added: \u201cI think he should never put on the armband again for Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandes, 28, has 57 goals and 50 assists in 166 games for the club in all competitions, but his body language at Anfield\u00a0was called \u201cdisgraceful\u201d\u00a0by former United captain Roy Keane, while another former skipper Gary Neville said he was \u201cembarrassing at times\u201d.<\/p>\n
He also appeared to push the referee\u2019s assistant in the 81st minute. No action was taken by the referee at the time and the incident is not being investigated by the Football Association<\/p>\n
BBC Sport has also been told\u00a0he did not ask to be substituted\u00a0towards the end of the match after questions were asked about a gesture he made to the bench.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n At one point, when Liverpool\u2019s Stefan Bajcetic went past him by the touchline, Fernandes stopped rather than giving chase to the midfielder.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was a standout moment,\u201d added Sutton.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever bad United were, you cannot just let someone run away from you and give up. That\u2019s what the captain of Manchester United did \u2013 and that\u2019s a bad look.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he has any real arguments if he does get stripped of the captaincy,\u201d he added. \u201cI think Bruno\u2019s days have to be numbered.\u201d<\/p>\n The defeat came seven days after Manchester United won the Carabao Cup \u2013 their first trophy since Erik Ten Hag\u2019s arri as manager last May.<\/p>\n They are third in the Premier League and have reached the FA Cup quarter-finals, as well as the last 16 of the Europa League.<\/p>\n Ten Hag, who described his side\u2019s performance against ris Liverpool as \u201cunprofessional\u201d,\u00a0dropped the in-form Marcus Rashford\u00a0earlier this season after the striker missed a team meeting, while Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s contract was terminated by mutual consent in November.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way Ten Hag has dealt with Rashford, Ronaldo, it\u2019s a situation he needs to get a grip of,\u201d added Sutton. \u201cTen Hag has no option but to let him know who is boss.\u201d<\/p>\n On the United captaincy, football journalist Rory Smith said: \u201cFernandes is a fighter, he has a win-at-all-costs mentality. To me he looks petulant and whiny, but maybe to other players they just see that as he is desperate to win.\u201d<\/p>\n Smith added: \u201cAs much as Bruno was the most eye-catching shortfall, I would query what happened to Casemiro and also Ten Hag\u2019s substitutions. There were more failures than just Bruno Fernandes.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n