Sold for just £5 million in the recent summer window, Alvaro Fernandez is already an established starter for FC Benfica, relishing the spotlight in senior football. Manchester United added ‘contingencies’ to many of their sales in the summer but in the case of Alvaro Fernandez, they wouldn’t have thought it would become relevant so soon. He was sold to Benfica for £5 million, with club president Rui Costa waxing lyrical about Fernandez as he confirmed the arrival of the Portuguese left-back. They clearly saw something in him that United couldn’t, and less than two months on, Fernandez is impre…
