Bruno Fernandes may have under-performed for Manchester United so far this season – but he isn’t at fault for their poor results.That’s according to talkSPORT’s Troy Deeney, who also believes there is an element of selfishness amongst the squad at Old Trafford.Fernandes has been spared of the ‘problem’ tag by DeeneyGettyUnited are 14th in the Premier League table following the 3-0 defeat away to rivals Manchester City on Sunday evening.They have made their worst start to a season since the 1992/93 campaign when they also picked up four points from as many matches.Club captain Fernandes has played in a deeper midfield role despite scoring 99 goals and assisting 86 in 295 matches in all competitions as an attacking outlet for United.talkSPORT’s chief football correspondent Alex Crook asked Ruben Amorim after the loss at City if he is being wasted in the new position, although this was shut down.And when he appeared on the Hawksbee and Jacobs show, ex-Watford captain Deeney insisted that Fernandes’ new role isn’t the problem.“Fernandes talk is really frustrating for me, because it’s like, ‘OK, we play him as a No.10, that will mean it’s better.’“But clearly, he [Amorim] doesn’t think he can do the work as a no. 10.“If you’re the captain and you’re the one who has all the say, you scored a lot of goals last year, he has the right to knock on the door and say, ‘Hold on gaffer, I don’t want to play as a No.8, put me as a No.10’, in pre-season, by the way, not now.“And now it’s going a bit wrong, it’s, ‘Oh, Fernandes is the problem’. He’s not.“It’s just the fact they’ve got no legs in that holding midfield [area] and also, who are the players that keep it?Fernandes hasn’t been able to replicate his quality deeper in midfieldGettyDeeney has looked towards his teammates as the source of United’s issues insteadtalkSPORT“When you watch Rodri [for City] for example, let’s look back to yesterday, always available for a pass. “When you watch Chelsea, [Moises] Caicedo, always available. Declan Rice, [Martin] Zubimendi [for Arsenal]…”Deeney also questioned the decision-making of other United players and suggested they are selfish in front of goal.“When the team sheets came out, I was like, ‘Who from Man United gets in the Man City team?’ Probably one, maybe two if you made a real argument, at a push. “If you flipped it on the other side, every single player for Man City starts for Man United so, where are we at, what are we expecting? I agree he needs to win games but also, [the] players just need to…“There were a lot of selfish moments. There was a moment in the second half, they were losing, but I think Amad [Diallo] went to wing-back and all he had to do was just set [Bryan] Mbeumo to shoot.United picked up their only win of the season so far thanks to FernandesGetty“But there’s so many ‘score first’ players in their team as opposed to thinking, ‘Right, who’s in the better position?’, that they’re all trying to get their goal, and it just doesn’t feel right. “They’ve got the recruitment a little bit wrong, in my opinion, fixated on the forward areas, but there’s no point having good strikers and forward players if you can’t keep hold of the ball in midfield.”Will Fernandes stay at United?Fernandes is currently playing in his seventh season at United since he completed his January 2020 move from Sporting Lisbon.He has two years remaining on his contract, but was linked with an exit throughout the summer transfer window.The 31-year-old rejected a £700,000-a-week move to Saudi side Al Hilal ahead of the Club World Cup.Fernandes made the decision after consultation with his family and plans to stay at United for another year.Fernandes has delivered for United on numerous occasions since signingtalkSPORT understands that the Portuguese international actually turned down three approaches from Saudi Arabian clubs.Fernandes has started all four of their Premier League fixtures this season and scored the winner in a 3-2 victory over Burnley.However, United have lost three of their other four matches in all competitions – including a Carabao Cup defeat to Grimsby Town.