{"id":314113,"date":"2025-08-03T08:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T08:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314113\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T08:54:11","slug":"man-utd-star-performs-summer-transfer-u-turn-as-his-former-coach-wants-to-reunite-him-with-ronaldo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/314113\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd star performs summer transfer U-turn as his former coach &#8216;wants&#8217; to reunite him with Ronaldo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes is set to make a U-turn and show a desire to join Cristiano Ronaldo and Joao Felix at Al-Nassr this summer, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/every-premier-league-transfer-release-completed-summer-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Red Devils have brought in three summer signings so far<\/strong><\/a> with Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo arriving in big-money deals, while Paraguayan youngster Diego Leon has also joined from Cerro Porteno.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> are also hoping to sign a defensive midfielder, a striker and a goalkeeper before the transfer window shuts in just under a month\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>But their summer is complicated by the need to offload a number of players in order to raise funds for incomings with Jadon Sancho, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia all on the exit ramp.<\/p>\n<p>One player who looked likely to be heading for a departure earlier this year was Fernandes with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-bruno-fernandes-open-al-hilal-transfer-improved-offer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Al-Hilal making a big push<\/strong><\/a> to sign the Portugal international from Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the Saudi Pro League club offered \u20ac120m to the Red Devils, while Fernandes was proposed a deal that would see him earn \u20ac70m a year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/yamal-mbappe-most-valuable-footballers-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twenty most valuable footballers in the world: Yamal, Mbappe rank high as Arsenal duo included<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abola.pt\/noticias\/jorge-jesus-quer-bruno-fernandes-no-al-nassr-2025080118524808775\" target=\"_blank\">But now Portuguese newspaper A Bola claims\u00a0that<\/a> Al-Nassr boss Jorge Jesus \u2018wants\u2019 to unite Man Utd midfielder Fernandes with Portuguese team-mates Ronaldo and Joao Felix in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that \u2018money won\u2019t be a problem\u2019 and that \u2018having Jorge Jesus in charge and Cristiano Ronaldo leading the squad would be enough to help convince the\u00a0Red Devils\u00a0midfielder\u2019 to make a transfer U-turn.<\/p>\n<p>A Bola adds: \u2018Possible contact has already taken place in the last few hours between two of the three parties: it is natural, at this stage, that the first approach is between the player and the club interested in signing him and also interested in knowing whether any advances with Old Trafforf could make sense.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018After securing Jo\u00e3o F\u00e9lix, in a lightning operation that ended up\u00a0stealing\u00a0the winger from Benfica, JJ and CR7\u2019s Al Nassr are now looking to secure another key player for the National Team and, in this particular case, for Manchester United, led by Ruben Amorim, who will certainly do everything to keep Bruno Fernandes.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ON MAN UTD ON F365<br \/><\/strong>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-flop-first-choice-transfer-target-euro-giants-man-utd-striker-on-shortlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool flop \u2018first-choice\u2019 transfer target for Euro giants with Man Utd striker also \u2018on the list\u2019<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/romano-reveals-secret-man-utd-push-for-bayern-star-as-red-devils-decide-on-new-midfielder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romano reveals \u2018secret\u2019 Man Utd push for Bayern star as Red Devils \u2018decide\u2019 on new midfielder<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/isak-turns-down-man-utd-enquiry-newcastle-rebel-optimistic-liverpool-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isak \u2018turns down\u2019 Man Utd \u2018enquiry\u2019 as Newcastle rebel \u2018remains optimistic\u2019 of Liverpool \u2018agreement\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, it would seem unlikely that Fernandes would cave in to a move to Saudi Arabia after making it clear that he wants to remain \u201cat the highest level\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his decision to reject Al-Hilal a couple of months ago, Fernandes said: \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. I spoke to coach [Ruben] Amorim. He asked me not to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchester United didn\u2019t want to sell me. They don\u2019t need the money. If I had wanted to leave, they would have made it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes added: \u201cIt was an easy move, even at a family level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had Jo\u00e3o Cancelo there, my children are used to playing with him in the national team. We have a great friendship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I want to maintain myself at the highest level, playing in the big competitions and I feel capable of it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes is set to make a U-turn and show a desire to join Cristiano&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[873,4116,225,882,98,12,101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-314113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bruno-fernandes","9":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","10":"tag-home-page","11":"tag-joao-felix","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114963995968790273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314113","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=314113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}