Bruno Fernandes was able to stay in Old Trafford this summer after rejecting a mega-money deal with Saudi Pro League side al-Hilal-and Rio Ferdinand was quickly in contact with the man Utd Star
Rio Ferdinand revealed that he had immediately sent Bruno Fernandes a message after he heard that he had rejected a move to the Saudi Pro competition. The Portuguese midfielder saw his future in Old Trafford questioned while the tour ended the tour after the Manchester United season through Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Al-Hilal offered £ 100 million for the 30-year-old club captain and laid him a scandalous £ 700k per week salary in three years. The move may have proved incredibly expensive for the United Top Brass, since Fernandes is a striking one in a different dysfunctional Red Devil team under the steward of Ruben Amorim.
The Portuguese brain will apparently be delighted to keep his talisman for the time being, because it seems that Amorim gets the chance to build around Fernandes with a complete transfer window and pre-season at his disposal.
United Hero Ferdinand – who remained a fan of the club where he became a legend between 2002 and 2014 – was also pleased that Fernandes made the decision to have the wealth offered in Saudi Arabia in northwestern England. Speaking on his podcast in Rio Presents, the 46-year-old said: “I have to be honest, the biggest news for me today.
“I woke up, I have had violence for the past three days because I see Fabrizio [Romano]” [David] Ornstein – The fate of them … 'Bruno is going Saudi. They offered him £ 200 million in four years. '
“Listen now, I have to be honest with you. I don't know if I could have said no – 30 years old, in a club that is struggling. He clearly had the conversation and listened, I would certainly have done that too.
“He keeps, you know? Bruno stays. Our most powerful goal scorer, our greatest threat, our biggest provider, our greatest chance maker. He does a lot.
“And our captain. He has just been lost in the Europa League final, has just finished in our worst position we have ever seen in the Premier League in recent years. In a team that is currently at the time of the knees, that at the moment a large lift needs a large lift in this summer and this recruitment window and the manager needs to go on his horse.
“And our biggest player, our Talisman, our captain said no to Saudi where many others would have said yes, and I couldn't have woken up happier this morning.”
Ferdinand, who hinted that he had shown his enormous appreciation and approval of the decision to Fernandes directly, revealed: “I sent him a message. I mean, I will not comment on the details of that, but what a man.”
Not only has Fernandes rejected the opportunity to make a large payment day in Saudi Arabia, but he also took the opportunity to join Portugal teammates, Ruben Neves and Joao Annalo. It is because Amorim is already rolling the ball this summer in terms of large money arrangements and a deal corresponds to Matheus Cunha van Wolves on Sunday in a relocation of £ 62.5 million.
The Red Devils struggled this season in terms of goals in the goals, where Rasmus Hojlund found only four times the back of the net in 33 performances, while last summer's tentrap, Joshua Zirkzee, recorded only three Premier League objectives.
United is now also looking at the addition of 25-year-old 25-year-old Brentford-Vleugel player Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals for the bees in the Premier League this season. It is thought that Old Trafford is his favorite destination this summer, and the Red Devils are expected to open conversations with him in the coming days.
The chance to join Cunha and Fernandes seems to be attractive to Mbuemo, despite the struggles of the club on the field that did not qualify for Europe for the first time in more than ten years.
If United succeeds in dismissing top clubs in Europe for Fernandes before the window closes at the end of the summer, they will believe that they have a better chance of causing more teams in the 2025/26 campaign.