Mata is sat in 67th place, after playing 285 times for the Reds.
While reaching the summit is an impossible task, with Ryan Giggs amassing an incredible 963 matches for his boyhood side, one of the legendary winger’s former team-mates is somebody who Fernandes is hoping to reel in at some point.
“No, Giggsy, I think will be there for many, many years!” agreed our reigning Player of the Month. “Even the other ones, I think it’s a tough one but, obviously, there are many of them. I would probably say I’m going to that [Nemanja] Vidic one, with 300 games, it would be very special.
“Obviously, I think 300 games, for any club, it’s very, very special and then, obviously, I want to do as many as I can. Obviously, I’m trying to be always available for the team and to try to help and, I think, do as much as I can to help the club and to play more and more. I will try my best to do it.”
