Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said that it is not the fault of the players for the contracts signed by the club as they hit the claims back by co-owner Jim Ratcliffe that some are “overpaid”. Fernandes was excluded for praise by Ratcliffe, who also said that some United Squads were “not enough” in a series of media interviews this week. The United Captain on Thursday led a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over Real Sosidad to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. And he defended his teammates, when Ratcliffe chose the signs of Kasemiro, Rasmas Hoslund and Andre Onana, as he as an example of expensive deals made before coming to the club, who are still paying for United.
“We can’t rest in this club. You know that there is a big standard, a big meditation that you get from the media, from everywhere,” Fernandes said.
“It’s not good to listen to some things, obviously. I don’t think any player likes to criticize or listen to things that are talked about, whether you are not enough or whatever you are.
“Everyone has their own contract. The club agrees to enter the time or at the time when you make a new contract or whatever it is and it is about yourself, proves that you can be important for the club.”
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Ruben Amorim’s team ranks 13th in the Premier League and is out of both domestic cups competitions.
Fernandes revealed that he got a chance to leave Old Trafford in the last summer, but reiterated his desire to win more trophies as captain.
He said, “I sat down with the club because I had an offer to leave,” he said. “We talked about the possibility of leaving or living club.
“He said what he wanted from me. I just asked if they still see me as a part of the future of the club or not. I had also talked with (former manager, Eric) ten Hugs at that time.
“He was very clear with me, the club was very clear with me, that he felt that I would be a big part of this reconstruction. I felt that we could succeed.”
Despite Fernandes’s return of 15 goals in this season this season as United’s Stand-Out artist, he has still received criticism from one of his predecessors as the captain of the club.
Roy Kein claimed that the 30 -year -old was “not a fighter” and recently “talent is not enough” in media appearance.
Fernandes said the former Irish midfielder, who won the 13 major trophy in United, is someone who is “huge respect” and is hoping to change Keen’s mind.
Fernandes said, “I am doing what I am doing on the pitch to try to change my mind or try to do something that he probably sees as a good thing.”
Amorim has said that if he needs “more Brunos” to his side to find his former pride again.
This season, Fernandes have 15 goals, six in the last six matches.
“I think he is very important for this team. You can see it with numbers, and you can see these final games, he is always the man who scores,” Amorim said.
“When you play for this team, you have to be ready for critics and I understand that former players had a lot of success here and the standard for them was so high that they sometimes look at things that are sometimes black and white.
“Sometimes in life it is not just black and white, some other colors and you have to understand the context.
“Again, he is always there, doing his best, so I really proud to coach a player like him.”
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