Fred made his first appearance of the season for Manchester United yesterday in the team’s 1-0 win over Leicester City.
The Red Devils picked up their first three points since their opening day win over Chelsea, and even though Fred didn’t start the match, it seems he made an impression after coming off the bench.
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The Brazil international didn’t exactly impress in his first season at Man Utd last term, despite arriving with plenty of expectation on his shoulders after a big move from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Fred may now be more settled, however, and there could be more of a route into the starting XI for him following the departure of Ander Herrera in the summer.
Scott McTominay’s improvement means that is not by any means guaranteed, but it seems a lot of United fans now want to see Ole Gunnar Solskjaer show more faith in Fred after largely freezing him out at the start of this season.
Here’s some of the response to his cameo on Twitter…
https://twitter.com/UtdCaIIum/status/1172992209471320069
https://twitter.com/Charmin29607940/status/1172982137135538176
https://twitter.com/carl_millar88/status/1173000610364428289
Need to play Fred more often. It's also time to start utilizing Gomes and Garner to replace Mata and Matic. Greenwood should also play more minutes. #MUFC
— AdnanaTahoey (@adnana_tahoey) September 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/AdrianJalaludin/status/1173118286608793601
No untied players lack creativity , I think fred should start more often pair him with Mc tominay allow Pogba be able to move freely would make d midfield ok and the attack James rashford martial…
— Elohor Oghenetega Kolosi (@KolosiElohor) September 15, 2019
I don't want to ever see Matic start ahead of Fred again this season…
— David (@daveek10) September 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/_benjoe/status/1172991344698167296