Bruno Fernandes labels Jadon Sancho the “solution” at Manchester United

Wednesday evening saw the return of Jadon Sancho to Old Trafford, coming on for 30 minutes as Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 2-0 in the Carabao Cup.

The victory was the second of a two-legged semi-final, with Manchester United finishing as 5-0 victors across the two games and into the final of the competition, due to be held at Wembley at the end of February.

The return of Jadon Sancho has been much anticipated by fans across the globe, with the winger having been out for a number of months on a rehabilitation programme.

Bruno Fernandes, speaking after the victory, has said it’s brilliant to have Sancho back as he is a big solution to the squad.

“He’s been really good. As I said to him, it’s great to have him back because we know he is a massive solution for us, as a starter, as someone to come and have great qualities to help the team,” Fernandes described.

“We all know the capacity that he has. He hasn’t expressed it at his best yet, he’s been at some moments really good. Obviously now he is back from a long period but we are really happy to have him back, as the same with Anthony Martial coming back from injury.”

Manchester United have a few injuries at the moment, with Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen both out, while Donny van de Beek’s season is over as he had to have surgery performed on his knee.

“Hopefully, Scott will be with us soon, we know Christian will unfortunately be a bit longer but we are really happy for the team that it gets more and more players fit,” Fernandes said.

“Diogo (Dalot) is training also with us and will probably be fully fit really soon and that is really good because the manager has more options.

“And as we always said, it costs a lot to have a place in the first XI but that’s good because we push ourselves to our best because we know with the bench today, they can come on, score and they can make a difference.

“And that is really important for us that everyone is at the same level, at the same focus, at the same passion and wants to achieve the same goals.”