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Manchester United had been “panicked” into providing Bruno Fernandes a bumper new deal after fears the membership’s captain would look to depart Outdated Trafford this summer time.
Mark Ogden (ESPN) reveals sources at United have confirmed Fernandes was “ready to depart” in the summertime switch window after “rising bored with the membership’s repeated failure to ship”.
Bayern Munich had been essentially the most outstanding suitor for the 30-year-old midfielder with a report relayed by The Peoples Particular person revealing the Bundesliga facet had “initiated talks” over a transfer.
Equally, Spanish heavyweight Barcelona had been additionally believed to be considering Fernandes whereas there have been steady hyperlinks with the Saudi Professional League, although there was by no means any suggestion the Portuguese worldwide would take into account that avenue at this stage of his profession.
Previous to the extension, Fernandes’ contract at United ran till 2026, although there was an extra twelve month extension clause, basically tying the 30-year-old to Outdated Trafford till 2027. His wage packet was believed to be round £240,000-a-week.
The membership captain’s new deal additionally ran till 2027 however, once more, contained a one-year extension clause. It additionally included a big pay rise to place Fernandes amongst the “membership’s high earners” – indicating his new wage was in extra of £300,000-a-week.
Fernandes’ significance at Outdated Trafford is undoubted.
In a dressing room which many managers have tried, and failed, to impose increased requirements of software and perspective, the 30-year-old is a consummate skilled, each on and off the pitch. He is among the solely gamers to emerge from final season’s abysmal marketing campaign along with his head held excessive, contributing 15 targets and 13 assists, in addition to a improbable efficiency within the FA Cup victory over Manchester Metropolis.
There’s a motive Erik ten Hag was eager to switch Harry Maguire with Fernandes because the membership captain – he’s extensively seen as an integral star and an vital chief at Outdated Trafford. It is smart, due to this fact, why the membership would have been apprehensive over the prospect of shedding him.
And, equally, it is smart why Fernandes’ representatives would then have been in a position to utilise this worry to drive a tough discount over a brand new contract, guaranteeing the midfielder didn’t go away.
Ogden relays the phrases of a supply, who reveals how United “panicked and gave [Fernandes] a large new deal” at a time when the membership had been implementing wide-ranging cost-cutting measures. The style during which Fernandes has begun the brand new marketing campaign doesn’t encourage confidence on this choice both.
Nevertheless, there was a tradition allowed to fester in Outdated Trafford dressing over the previous decade within the post-Sir Alex Ferguson malaise that has introduced the membership to its knees. Fernandes, for all his inconsistencies on the pitch, represents the antithesis of this off it; and, generally, that alone is value paying to maintain round, because the vacuum created by its absence isn’t value contemplating.
Characteristic picture Carl Recine by way of Getty Pictures
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