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Bruno Fernandes says he will leave Manchester United this summer if the club want to cash in on him in the wake of their Europa League final defeat.
It emerged earlier this month that Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal are prepared to break the British transfer record and pay Fernandes close to £200million over a three-year contract following talks with his representatives.
United will come under more financial pressure than ever after failing to hit a £100m Champions League jackpot by beating Tottenham in the final in Bilbao on Thursday night. And even though it is highly unlikely they would consider selling their captain, Fernandes will go if the deal is in the club’s best interests.
‘I have always been honest,’ he said. ‘If the club thinks it’s time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in or whatever, it’s what it is. Football sometimes is like this.
‘I’ve always said I will be here until the club says to me that it’s time to go. I’m eager to do more, to be able to bring the club to the great days.
‘The day that the club thinks that I’m too much or it’s time to part ways, football is like this, you never know it. But I’ve always said it and I keep my word in the same way.’
Bruno Fernandes has attracted interest from Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Hilal this summer
United are adamant they don’t want to see their captain but the Portuguese has opened the door to a potential exit
Fernandes through his support behind Ruben Amorim, who he believes in the right man to take the club forward
The Red Devils were defeated by Premier League rivals Tottenham and now face an uncertain future financially
Whatever happens to himself and the rest of the squad this summer, Fernandes remains convinced that Ruben Amorim is the right man to take United forward despite overseeing the club’s worst-ever Premier League campaign and failing to deliver Champions League football via Europe.
‘We just agreed that he’s the right man,’ he added. ‘He has done a lot of good things. We know that the manager is looked at by the results. Obviously we see more than that as players.
‘We know for everyone it will be about him bringing back the positivity in the club. To try to bring the club back to fight for trophies, fight for the big trophies. And we all agree that he’s the right man.
‘It’s not my decision but I do think the manager is the right one and I don’t think that there will be a better person to do the job. I know it’s difficult to understand that, it’s difficult to see that. But I still do think that he’s the right man to lead the club.
‘I do think that the club is in a situation where it’s easier to get a different one in because the results haven’t been there. But as my other teammates said, and I repeat myself, I do think he’s the right man.’
On losing the final 1-0 to Tottenham at the San Mames, Fernandes said: ‘It’s very sad. We wanted to win this final more than anything. It’s a very sad day because we’ve done some very good things in this competition until today.
‘But today was the day that mattered, the most important day of the competition. It was the day we could have been in the history of the Europa League, but it’s not like that. And football is cruel, and it’s been our turn to lose. The players have said that this season has been unacceptable.’
