Last weekend’s injury to Jesus, as well as the Gunners also being without Bukayo Saka, now means Arsenal need to sign another striker. Mikel Arteta is a fan of Brentford’s Bryan Mbuemo but also has Sporting Lisbon’s Viktor Gyokeres high on his shortlist.

Once captain at Sporting, Fernandes was named permanent United skipper in July 2023 when he took over the armband from Harry Maguire. United supporters had repeatedly called for Fernandes to be handed the armband on a permanent basis, yet once acquired, the fickle nature of football fans struck amid claims from some to change the skipper.

Bruno Fernandes says Ruben Amorim has been telling the Manchester United squad ‘a lot’ that they need to score more goals as he tries to spark the Red Devils back into life. It has been a difficult time for Amorim in charge at Old Trafford so far,