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United Player Of The Month: Fernandes 1st, Ighalo 2nd

Bruno Fernandes has scooped Manchester United’s Player of the Month award for the month of March. The attacking midfielder beat off competition from Odion Ighalo, Fred and Harry Maguire to scoop the accolade.

It’s so easy to forget that Odion arrived in Manchester short of match practice. A reminder, too, that he didn’t even meet the rest of his team-mates until they’d returned from a mid-season training camp in Marbella.

“Don’t forget I came from China,” Ighalo said. “I’ve not played a competitive game since December. I last played 90 minutes in November.