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Bruno Fernandes is one of the last players INEOS want to sell this summer from the Manchester United squad.
It had been reported the club’s new rulers were open to selling every player except youngsters like Kobbie Mainoo, Alejandro Garnacho and Rasmus Hojlund in an effort to regenerate the squad and escape the Premier League’s profits and sustainability (PSR) restrictions.
It was then suggested that this meant that the club would accept an offer for their talismanic captain, with fuels added to the fire when Fernandes gave an interview explaining that his future doesn’t just depend on him and that he wasn’t thinking about it due to focusing on the FA Cup final and the Euros.
The Portuguese international has enjoyed an outstanding end of the season and won the club’s Player of the Month award for April. He is the team’s top scorer and assist maker and also leads his side in numerous other categories.
Fernandes’ absence on Monday night was felt throughout the team as they put in one of their most abject performances of the season in a 4-0 loss to Crystal Palace without their captain.
GIVEMESPORT have now reported that United are far from interested in parting ways with the creative midfielder.
The Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal were thought to be interested in the player in the winter window and they are thought to be willing to come back in the summer with an £87 million to test United’s resolve.
However, journalist Ben Jacobs reports “Bruno Fernandes is Manchester United’s captain, and is low on the list – if not right at the bottom of the list – of names that Manchester United want to sell this summer, even if funds are required both to stay in line with PSR and to move in the market.”
Referring to Fernandes’ aforementioned interview he claimed, “we should note that Bruno Fernandes’ comments can be taken out of context because he doesn’t close the door entirely to an exit. But he also stresses that when a club and a player are aligned, they tend to move forward together.”
“And he states quite clearly off the back of maybe opening the door slightly that at the moment, he believes that Manchester United and him are on the same page. So you can kind of interpret the comments both ways.”
Whilst it is true that Fernandes would be one of the few current United players who could generate a large sale price, it would be nonsensical to do so. He lays claims to being one of the only signings in the post-Ferguson era to have been a significant success, amid a sea of disappointment.
He is not the perfect player but he is the beating heart of this team and it is not unrealistic to suggest that a Bruno-less United might actually have finished the season in the bottom half of the Premier League.
Red Devil fans across the globe will be delighted that INEOS also seem to appreciate the importance of the midfielder’s future at Old Trafford.
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