{
  "id": 16606091,
  "title": "The Bruno standoff: Why managers who bench club icons rarely survive to tell the tale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/the-bruno-standoff-why-managers-who-bench-club-icons-rarely-survive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T12:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/sport/soccer/premier-league/2026-10-26-the-bruno-standoff-why-managers-who-bench-club-icons-rarely-survive-to-tell-the-tale/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Michael Carrick’s decision to leave Bruno Fernandes on the bench in Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth has revived football’s oldest power struggle: can a manager survive a confrontation with the dressing room’s biggest personality?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}