Fernandes has emerged as one of the problems Ruben Amorim must fix if he is ever to right this listing vessel.
Fernandes has been the one constant in United’s unwitting decline, always present, never injured, hands up for extra duties, expending every ounce of energy to keep hopes alive of a better tomorrow. That sense of having to be everyone as well as himself has gradually broken him.
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Read MoreUnited improved when Fernandes departed, which tells you something of his negative impact on the shape of the team.
That the first of his yellow cards came for a foul on Matheus Cunha was somehow symbolic, pointing to the all-action player he used to be and the type United need now, a world class dynamo in the final third.
The poor optimisation of the left hand side has consequences for a United attack already unsuited to the deployment of Fernandes. Rasmus Hojlund is consequently feeding on scraps, which in turn leaves Amad Diallo as the only viable threat. The lad is good but not good enough to carry the team every single game.
Amorim has made United more coherent defensively, with Manuel Ugarte finally coming into his own. His loss for a fifth yellow card will hurt United far more against Newcastle.
Amorim is being assailed from all sides - ill-equipped personnel, old legs, fading stars, bad buys, bad luck, a questionable keeper and brittle confidence as well as a counterproductive captain.
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Discarding Fernandes, which would have been unthinkable when he signed a new contract in August to keep him at the club until 2027, is becoming more thinkable by the match.
United are in turmoil. What bounce they gained from Amorim's appointment has been crushed. Form and fate are pointing to a Fernandes-free future, which is both sad, given his undeniable devotion to club and cause, and necessary, given the demands of the new regime.
If sacrifice is the ultimate expression of love, it might start with the renunciation of the captain.
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