Amidst the turmoil of Manchester United's historically bad season, a silver lining for the Red Devils have been the consistent form by Bruno Fernandes who has tallied 19 goals and 18 assists in 52 appearances across all competitions.

Athletic have suffered injury blows of their own with both Nico and Inaki Williams ruled out, along with top scorer Oihan Sancet, while defender Dani Vivian is banned after his first-leg red card.

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim was fairly clear about his thoughts on Bruno Fernandes. United wanted, Amorim stated, to keep their best players - and Fernandes was undoubtedly one of them.