According to reports, there has been an \u2018intriguing twist\u2019 in the race to sign Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes, with Al-Hilal \u2018ready to pay\u2019.<\/p>\n
Fernandes<\/strong> <\/a>has arguably been Man Utd\u2019s only shining light in a shambolic campaign as Ruben Amorim\u2019s side finished 15th in the Premier League<\/strong><\/a> and lost in the Europa League final to miss out on next season\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n Despite this, it has been suggested that the Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> captain could be sacrificed this summer as Old Trafford chiefs look to raise funds for a huge rebuild, with upgrades required in most positions to make Amorim\u2019s squad suited to his 3-4-3 formation.<\/p>\n Fernandes has been sporadically linked with potential moves to Bayern Munich and Real Madrid lately, but Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal are most interested in the Portugal international.<\/p>\n A recent report claimed Fernandes has been informed by Al-Hilal\u2019s hierarchy that he must make a decision on a transfer this week as they look to finalise their squad for next month\u2019s Club World Cup.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Sell Bruno Fernandes? Man Utd need him to lead rebuild, not pay for it\u2026<\/a> It is yet to be revealed whether Fernandes has decided to accept a move to the Middle East, but The Daily Mail\u2018s Chris Wheeler has revealed<\/a> that \u2018his agent held face-to-face talks with Al-Hilal at a hotel in Riyadh on Thursday night over a mega-money deal for the United captain\u2019.<\/p>\n It is noted that \u2018the fact his representative travelled to Riyadh is an intriguing twist\u2019, especially considering \u2018talks at the Four Seasons hotel are believed to have continued late into the night\u2019.<\/p>\n The report also revealed the overall package could be worth around \u00a3300m.<\/p>\n Wheeler adds:<\/p>\n \u2018Al-Hilal are prepared to effectively quadruple Fernandes\u2019 salary of \u00a3280,000-a-week by increasing it to \u00a3700,000 tax-free as part of a package worth up to \u00a3200million over three years including bonuses.<\/p>\n \u2018If he agrees, the club are ready to issue the paperwork on a contract worth around \u00a365m-a-season and make a formal approach to United with a bid in the region of \u00a3100m.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> A report from Football Insider claims Man Utd are \u2018to accept\u2019 \u00a380-100m offers for Fernandes, with former Premier League scout Mick Brown explaining why it would be \u201cdifficult to say no\u201d to these proposals.<\/p>\n Brown said:\u00a0\u201cMan United have got to make a decision about Bruno Fernandes.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the manager\u2019s point of view, he\u2019ll want him to stay because he\u2019s a big part of his squad and the player they can build the team around.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it\u2019s still very much up in the air and it\u2019s become the subject of plenty of speculation.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve been speaking about it behind the scenes and what they\u2019re saying is, they want him to stay, but everybody has a price.<\/p>\n \u201cIf somebody comes in with a ridiculous offer for him, the \u00a380-100million range which has been spoken about, then it will be difficult to say no.<\/p>\n \u201cThe financial situation they\u2019re in after missing out on Europe means big-money offers will tempt them.<\/p>\n \u201cIf something like that comes in, then they\u2019re going to have a decision to make.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, there has been an \u2018intriguing twist\u2019 in the race to sign Manchester United captain Bruno…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[39023,873,225,98,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-143015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-al-hilal","9":"tag-bruno-fernandes","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114594530568318957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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