Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes is facing fresh calls to be stripped of the club’s captaincy and Raphael Varane is in pole position to fill the void, according to betting experts at SportsLens.
- Club legend and Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane called for Fernandes to be stripped of captaincy
- Raphael Varane 3/1 favourite to replace Fernandes as captain, ahead of Casemiro at 7/2
- Fernandes took over from Harry Maguire as skipper in July but doubts have surfaced
Next Manchester United Club Captain Odds
- Raphael Varane @ 3/1
- Casemiro @ 7/2
- Marcus Rashford @ 5/1
- Scott McTominay @ 7/1
- Harry Maguire @ 9/1
- Jonny Evans @ 10/1
- Lisandro Martinez @ 14/1
- Andre Onana @ 16/1
- Luke Shaw @ 16/1
- BAR @ 20/1
Roy Keane, who spent 12 years at Manchester United and won seven Premier League titles, one Champions League crown and four FA Cups, led the calls for Fernandes to be relieved of his duties as club captain.
The Irishman thinks Erik ten Hag should hold his hands up and say ‘I got it wrong’ after replacing Harry Maguire with the Portuguese international earlier this year – due to his ‘whinging, moaning and throwing his arms up in the air constantly.’
Leaders are few and far between in the United squad, but our betting experts price Raphael Varane as the favourite to take the armband next. The Frenchman is arguably the squad’s most established player, with a World Cup winner’s medal, four Champions League titles and three La Liga crowns to his name.
Casemiro comes in as the 7/2 second-favourite, but his lack of discipline since his move to the Premier League leaves question marks around him with the Brazilian receiving the only two red cards of his career in Manchester.
Marcus Rashford has struggled for form this season and doesn’t look like the one to lead the charge, whilst Maguire is 9/1 to regain the captaincy and injured left-back Luke Shaw is priced at 16/1.
Neil Roarty, Betting Expert at SportsLens, said: “Leadership is lacking both on and off the pitch for Manchester United currently and announcing a new captain could be the logical next step to give Erik ten Hag some breathing space.
“He has already stripped Harry Maguire of the captaincy under his tenure and there are calls for him to do the same with Bruno Fernandes. The issue is finding somebody with those skills and that’s an area United look pretty short in.”
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