Bruno Fernandes chose to remain with Manchester United despite a lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia, reportedly worth £700,000 a week and a total of £200 million. Gary Neville emphasized the importance of Fernandes to the team, arguing that his decision to stay during a difficult time for the club endears him to the fans. Additionally, Neville commented on Manchester United's recent signings, including Matheus Cunha, and noted the importance of acquiring players who can immediately impact the squad positively. This demonstrates the club's intent to rebuild and improve performance on the field.
It's significant. I think that there was an element of this situation that meant United getting that level of money, for someone of Bruno's age, obviously, you couldn't say that it would have been a bad deal. But, on the other hand, Manchester United's star player only player at times for the last four, five, six years, has been Bruno Fernandes.
The fact that he wants to stay, the fact that he wants to go through this and come out the other side, because it would have been easy for him at the end of this season to say, Look, I'm done here', will endear him towards Manchester United fans even more.
To turn that money down at a point where Manchester United are at their lowest ebb and say, No, I want to fight through this, I want to see it through the other side, I want to come out and achieve things,' I think it says a lot about him as a person, as a character.
They need players who are going to come in and hit the ground running and Cunha and Mbeumo have got obviously Premier League experience. I know that Ruben Amorim has this system where he plays these two players in behind a striker.
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