@AidanWalshMUFC Honestly he seems like a good person, he doesn't deserve all the abuse he gets. You can criticise him as a manager, but don't insult him as a person
🚨🎙️ | #MUFC Academy fullback James Overy reveals how Bruno Fernandes kindly helped him improve his free-kick technique:
“Last time I was with him in training I was just taking free-kicks because one of our free-kick takers was injured.
“I was thinking, if we get a free-kick, I’m gonna take this. So he comes over and for an HOUR, he’s teaching me techniques.
“He’s like, ‘I do this, I aim for this, like dip it or hit it there.’ I just look up to him so much.” 🤝❤️
🗣️ Bruno Fernandes: "I will never forget where I was when I was given the opportunity to come here four years ago. I was standing in the closet in our bedroom in Lisbon. My agent had rang me up around 10 o’clock at night, and my daughter was only three years old at the time, so that was bedtime for us. I went into the little closet to be quiet. I always told my agent, during my whole career, “I never want to hear about any transfer until it’s 100% real. I don’t want to be distracted unless there is an offer.”
So I knew if he was calling me at that hour, something was going on.
I shut the door and I said, “Miguel? Yeah?”
He said, “Are you ready to hear the news?”
I said, “About what?”
“About going.”
“Going where? Spurs?”
“United.”
“Are you joking?”
“No, no. I’m serious. United. It’s done. It’s just on you now. What do you want to do?”
I didn’t even reply. I started fighting back tears. But you know the feeling when you are trying to hold it in, so the other person doesn’t realise you’re crying, and you can’t even speak?
He said, “Bruno? Bruno? Hello?”
At that moment, my wife, Ana, comes looking for me in the bedroom.
“Bruno??? Bruno???”
She opens the door.
“What’s going on? Why are you in the closet?”
I said, “It’s Miguel. He just called. He’s saying United want me.”
She said, “Wait ...... Are you crying?”
I told her, “I don’t know! I think it’s happiness!”
I have been consistent in saying that no midfielder in world football can do what Bruno does for us in this set up. The level of creation, ball progression, and ball recovery responsibility we ask of him shouldn’t be asked of any player. Only Bruno can fulfill those responsibilities. I hope Bruno stays with us for years and retires at United, but if he ever leaves you need multiple signings in different positions to replace his contribution on the pitch.
Good decision from Amorim over the summer to ask Bruno to stay. No amount of money could have replaced his on pitch and off pitch contribution to Manchester United right now.
@B_Fernandes8