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BRUNO: I’LL BE INIESTA FOR UNITED

Bad boy Morrison – who was rated even better than Pogba as a kid – admits he would do things differentl­y if he could rewind his life

- BY DAVID ANDERSON BY DAVID ANDERSON @MirrorAnde­rson

BRUNO FERNANDES has revealed he models himself on Barcelona and Spain legend Andres Iniesta.

Fernandes (below) has been sensationa­l since he arrived at Manchester United in January from Sporting Lisbon, with three goals and four assists in his first nine games.

The Portugal star said: “The one I like to watch and follow is Iniesta, because Iniesta is a mix between a No.8 and a No.10. It’s a way I can do better, between eight and 10.

“It’s the guy who always likes to have the ball, take the risks, and Iniesta was one of the best in the world.

“For me, it was incredible how Iniesta finished his career without the Ballon d’Or. With everything he won, it’s difficult for me to understand.”

World Cup winner Iniesta, 35, lifted the Champions League four times with Barca and La Liga nine times. He is Spain’s most decorated player.

RAVEL MORRISON would change many things if he could live his life again.

Morrison is on loan at Championsh­ip strugglers Middlesbro­ugh, even though Wayne Rooney believes he was better “by a country mile” than Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard when they were kids together at Manchester United (above).

Rio Ferdinand also claims Morrison never fulfilled his huge potential after making his United debut at just 17, saying he should have been “a £100million player”.

Morrison’s moves to West Ham and Lazio never worked out and the forward admits he made mistakes.

“If I could sit back through and live my life again, there would be a lot of things that I would change,” he admitted.

“Some days, I know it’s poor, but I grew up at United, I was there from the Under-Nines and I would skip training some days.

“I would wake up and I don’t know why I did it, but I would skip it. It’s hard to get me off the training field now, but if it was now and I took it back to those days, I think it would have been a lot better.”

Morrison, 27, who was born in Wythenshaw­e, south of Manchester, claims he was flattered and at the same time upset by Rooney’s comments in his newspaper column on

Sunday.

He insists he can yet go further in his career, even though he has only managed 12 minutes of Premier League action since August 2014.

“They are amazing comments, especially being the player that

When I was at United I would wake up and decide to skip training. I don’t even know why

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