Bruno Fernandes makes surprise Man Utd transfer admission

• Fernandes enjoying another impressive individual campaign with Man Utd
• Midfielder came close to leaving Old Trafford last summer
• New contract ultimately signed after conversation with club officials

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has admitted that he had offers to leave the club last summer before signing a new contract.

Fernandes was the subject of widespread transfer rumours last summer, with the likes of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain tip monitoring the divisive playmaker. After captaining United to a shock FA Cup final victory, the Portugal international penned a new deal extending his stay at Old Trafford until the summer of 2027.

However, it wasn’t an entirely straightforward หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ process. “I sat with the club because I had an offer to leave,” Fernandes revealed this week. “We talked about the possibility of me leaving the club or staying. They said what they wanted from me. I just asked if they still see me as part of the future of the club or not.”

Erik ten Hag was still in charge of United at the time and had surprisingly hand a new contract himself earlier that summer.

Which co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has subsequently describe.

“I spoke at the time with Ten Hag also,” Fernandes continued. “He was very clear with me, the club was very clear with me, that they thought I would be a big part of this rebuild. I thought that we could be successful.”

While the decision to keep Ten Hag was swiftly and expensively aborted, Fernandes has repeatedly proven why persuading him to stay was such a coup for United. However, the captain