Fred

“I know all young players have to work hard.”

“Passing is one of my main objectives in the game and when I make a lot of passes I'm happy.”

“I played for Atletico and Internacional and then moved to Ukraine with Shakhtar Donetsk. My family supported me a lot and I'm very thankful for them.”

“Obviously I'm not happy when I miss the passes so I look to get that right. I work very hard on that.”

“Manchester United is a huge club. When I was young, it was a name I used to hear and it was a name I used to see on computer games and I used to play with the team.”

“I think my ideal position is to join the attack a bit more like I did at Shakhtar. I played more as a box-to-box midfielder, so I played a little bit further forward.”

“If people criticise, you have to keep working.”

“When you play at a big club, there will always be competition - I'm used to it. It's been like that from day one at United.”

“My personal aim is to play a lot of games, put in great performances, do my best to help the team. Not get injured, obviously.”

“That's what Brazilians are like - we're always having a laugh, we're always smiling, and my aim is to bring this spirit into the dressing room and onto the pitch, to play with a smile on my face.”

“Ole has helped me a lot. He had a lot of chats with me.”

“We have to shut up and work on the pitch.”

“Foreign football is different and it has helped me evolve and mature, improving my attitude.”

“I suffered a lot of criticism from the press and the fans, but I always kept motivating myself, working. I never dropped the shuttlecock.”

“When everyone has the same goal, that's when we'll move forward.”

“We need to treat all games equally and go after the wins because we need to keep improving.”

“I'm very happy at Shakhtar.”

“I have already worked Dunga. He helped me at Internacional, making me a more defensive midfielder. But I can play as a first or second midfielder, like I do at Shakhtar.”

“I'm very grateful to all my family, especially my mum of course.”

“Michael Carrick helps me a lot day-to-day. We always talk and he tries to help me with my positioning on the field. He's someone who always talks to me, which is important for adapting my football to the Premier League.”