Bruno Fernandes has been an impressive performer all through his time at Manchester United – however is aware of they’ll provide him no ensures of Premier League success
Bruno Fernandes has been linked with a Man Utd exit beforehand(Image: Ash Donelon, Manchester United by way of Getty Images)
Bruno Fernandes advised Manchester United that they “can’t promise him he is going to win the Premier League” – however so long as they’ll present they’re going to be aggressive he is content material.
The Portuguese star has loved considered one of his greatest seasons to date, topping each attacking metric for a playmaker, which has him among the many favourites for particular person accolades.
Fernandes has been at United throughout a interval whereby they’ve struggles to declare main honours. The ex- Sporting Lisbon star has gained simply two trophies in additional than six years on the membership, regardless of his particular person performances justifying greater than that quantity.
The Manchester outfit have struggled to mount a season-long cost for the title and Fernandes has advised the membership not to promise a Premier League victory, however solely to vow to stay in rivalry.
He advised the Telegraph : “What I always say to the club is: ‘You can’t promise me that I’m going to win the Premier League. That’s impossible. But if you promise me that we’re going to be competitive and we’re going to be there at the end… that’s all I need to know. Because then it’s on me to become the best version of myself, to help everyone around to become the best version of themselves, to become the club we want to be.”
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Fernandes has frequently been in semi-finals and finals with United. He’s come up brief within the Europa League showpiece on two events, the latest of which being final season, however has emerged victorious within the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup.
Those close to misses do not anger the 31-year-old, who’s content material that they’re within the combine. “Everyone that comes to Man United wants to win every trophy,” he said. ‘No one thinks in coming to the club that we’re going to fight for one or two trophies in six years. You want to fight for all of them. Then we went to three finals and didn’t win. That can happen.
“But at least you’ve been there in the fight. We were close. And what I said to the club every time that I spoke with them, what I want from the time I’m here, I want to compete. Because if I compete, I will be close to winning.”
Fernandes’ efforts this season, where he’s provided 16 assists, came despite United struggling for the first half of the campaign. That eventually led to Ruben Amorim’s dismissal with Michael Carrick presiding over a huge upturn in form. That has the Red Devils up in third and looking good for a Champions League return.
Fernandes has been present in teams that have put together impressive runs, but never been able to last the course, which he knows is the ultimate goal.
He said: “At the end of the day, it’s [about] what are we going to do for next season, to be the team we’ve been in this spell, for a full season? Because anyone can be good in spells. Being good in the whole season is much more difficult to do. And that’s something we haven’t done, at least since I’m here, because with Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer], my second season, we were very good until January. And then [Manchester] City just put their foot on the pedal and we ended up coming second.”
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