{"id":50280,"date":"2025-09-08T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/50280\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T05:09:10","slug":"man-utd-face-fernandes-last-season-blow-on-one-key-condition-amid-clear-verdict-on-60m-release-clause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/50280\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd face Fernandes &#8216;last season&#8217; blow on one key condition amid clear verdict on \u00a360m &#8216;release clause&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Bruno Fernandes \u2018could be in his last season\u2019 at Manchester United amid interest from several Saudi Pro League sides.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes has been heavily linked with an exit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> in recent months as he has attracted interest from the Saudi Pro League.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/bruno-fernandes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fernandes<\/strong><\/a> was comfortably Man Utd\u2019s best performer as he was one player who could hold his head high following a disastrous campaign, during which they finished 15th in the Premier League and failed to win a trophy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Fernandes has struggled from a deeper position and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-man-utd-already-regret-100m-transfer-mistake-amorim-exposed-significant-u-turn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man Utd could regret their decision to keep the centre-midfielder amid the opportunity to sell to the Saudi Pro League for \u00a380-100m.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes remains a key player and leader for Man Utd, but his sale would have boosted the club\u2019s budget as they looked to overhaul their squad with a new midfielder and upgrades in other positions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-barcelona-send-rashford-back-to-man-utd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barcelona want to \u2018send Rashford home\u2019 to Man Utd? Of course they do\u2026<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an interview in June, Fernandes confirmed he had the opportunity to leave Man Utd for the Saudi Pro League this summer.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0\u201cThere was an opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [Al Hilal] president called me and asked if I wanted to go there. They were waiting for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke to coach Amorim. He asked me not to go. Manchester United didn\u2019t want to sell me. They don\u2019t need the money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I had wanted to leave, they would have made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/premier-league\/3532968\/bruno-fernandes-rejected-transfer-cristiano-ronaldo-saudi-arabia-man-utd\/\" target=\"_blank\">a report from talkSPORT claims<\/a> Fernandes received \u2018three bids\u2019 from the Middle East and he \u2018rejected a direct approach\u2019 from Cristiano Ronaldo over a move to Al-Nassr.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-andre-onana-decision-green-light-agreement-struck-clubs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd: Andre Onana makes decision on \u2018giving green light\u2019 as \u2018agreement struck between clubs\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-romano-reveals-arsenal-blocked-hjulmand-signijng-gyokeres-sporting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Romano reveals how Arsenal blocked Man Utd signing \u00a369m midfielder over the summer<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-major-signing-lammens-branded-panic-buy-desperate-foster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Major Man Utd summer signing branded \u2018panic buy\u2019 by \u2018desperate\u2019 Red Devils<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes was reportedly \u2018tempted by the opportunity, but after speaking to his family, decided to do at least one more season with Manchester United\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilal were said to be \u2018ready to pay over \u00a380million if given a green light by Fernandes, while \u2018all parties deny\u2019 that he \u2018has a \u00a360m release clause\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It is also noted that Fernandes felt \u2018it was better to stay at United in a World Cup year, especially given this could be his last appearance at the tournament\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, it is also claimed that \u2018this could be his last season at Man Utd\u2019 on one condition.<\/p>\n<p>The report added:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u2018However, he remains open to Saudi Arabia with dealmakers still intent on signing him in summer 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Manchester United could be tempted to sell next summer, especially given the temptation to bid for Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba in 12 months time, a deal that\u2019s likely to cost \u00a3100m+.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Bruno Fernandes \u2018could be in his last season\u2019 at Manchester United amid interest from several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[20608,18,794,19,17,20,5,795,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-50280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bruno-fernandes","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}