Bruno Fernandes is expecting a 'difficult' return to Premier League action this month, despite taking English football by storm since his arrival in January.
The Portugal star sealed a protracted £68million move to Manchester United during the winter transfer and wasted no time making an impact at Old Trafford.
Fernandes was named the top-flight's Player of the Month for February and helped United put together an impressive unbeaten run in the chase for fourth.
But after seeing the season halted for over three months due to the coronavirus crisis, Fernandes does not expect to have things all his own way when the season resumes on June 17.
'For me, nine games [for United], it's not good enough because now it's the most difficult part,' he told Instagram account Talent Ain't Enough.
'The players start to recognise your game, how you move, how you pass, how you shoot. Things become difficult now.
'Now I need to improve more and work more, and understand more the teams who I play against because they will understand me better and I need to be prepared to understand the difficulties they can have.'
Fernandes put in a series of impressive performances in his first nine appearances, scoring three goals and laying on three assists for his team-mates.
He has taken no time to settle into Premier League football, but admits that the intensity is different to his time playing in Portugal and Spain.
'In England, the intensity is not like you run more or something like that because you run the same in Italy and Portugal, but maybe you need to run more in high intensity,' the former Sporting Lisbon star added.
'You go back faster and sometimes when you recover the ball you have space to go again.
'You will counter and counter and counter, so you are in high speed for many minutes more than in other countries.'
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men may be out of the title race and 37 points behind runaway leaders Liverpool, but Fernandes remains adamant that United are still the biggest club in the country.
'My vision of coming to Manchester is I'm in one of the best clubs in the world, for sure. For me, the best club in England.
'My idea for the next years is doing better than I did until now.'