Tottenham Hotspur midfielder James Maddison:

Yeah, definitely. One thing about Bruno Fernandes that I love is the runs he makes in behind. He just makes so many good runs because he’s not a fast player, is he, Bruno? But the timing of his deep runs, almost past the striker, past the back line, gets him a lot of chances and creates a lot of opportunities for himself and others to score from his deep runs.

I noticed that years ago and tried almost adding it to my game. The season before last, the season before the injury, I scored a lot of goals from running in behind. So you’re always trying to learn, take stuff from the best players like him.

With Bernardo Silva gone, Bruno Fernandes is one of the few remaining players in the Premier League who belong to a dying breed: footballers who think several steps ahead, processing the game with the speed and precision of a supercomputer.