{"id":458423,"date":"2025-09-28T17:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458423\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:49:17","slug":"optimism-bruno-fernandes-could-be-pushed-out-of-man-utd-by-stubborn-amorim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/458423\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Optimism&#8217; Bruno Fernandes could be pushed out of Man Utd by &#8216;stubborn&#8217; Amorim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is reported \u2018optimism\u2019 in the Saudi Pro League that Bruno Fernandes will be signed, and \u2018stubborn\u2019 Ruben Amorim could push him out of Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>United<\/strong><\/a> are not in the best spot currently, as has been the case for much of the time in recent seasons. They are 14th in the Premier League, having lost three of their six games so far this term, most recently to Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>In both wins so far this season, captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/bruno-fernandes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fernandes<\/strong><\/a> has scored for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n<p>He was given the chance of joining the Saudi Pro League in the summer, and turned them down, suggesting he\u2019d only leave if United wanted to sell him.<\/p>\n<p>But now, insider Ben Jacobs has suggested there\u2019s \u2018optimism\u2019 in Saudi Arabia that he\u2019ll join.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote for <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3593487\/bernardo-silva-saudi-man-city-harry-kane-bruno-fernandes\/\" target=\"_blank\">talkSPORT<\/a> that Al-Nassr see Fernandes as a high-priority target, and that though he turned down a \u00a3700,000-per-week contract with Al-Hilal in the summer, he did not close the door on Saudi entirely.<\/p>\n<p>And his role at United could potentially see him look to the exit, as though he\u2019s having some success in a deeper role than he\u2019s used to \u2013 owing to Amorim\u2019s system playing No.10s like wingers and therefore shoving Fernandes further back \u2013 he could be playing far better.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes has never been directly involved in fewer than 16 goals in the Premier League for United, but he\u2019s not on pace for a big return this term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ON MAN UTD FROM F365:<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/when-man-utd-sack-amorim-ratcliffe-direct-contact-southgate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report reveals when Man Utd could sack Amorim as Ratcliffe in \u2018direct contact\u2019 with Southgate<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-bruno-slammed-man-utd-trash-two-var-shockers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amorim is done, Bruno was \u2018awful\u2019 and Man Utd are \u2018trash\u2019 but what about the \u2018two VAR shockers\u2019?<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-sack-de-ligt-ugarte-expose-inept-man-utd-manager-brentford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amorim has to be sacked as De Ligt, Ugarte and Thiago expose inept Man Utd manager<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Journalist <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/henrywinter\/status\/1971991719651504524\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Winter<\/a> feels Amorim\u2019s stubbornness is not helping Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on X: \u2018Bruno Fernandes is not a central midfielder. Most players don\u2019t look comfortable with 3-4-2-1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The best managers adapt, work to their players\u2019 strengths. United\u2019s defence would look more secure as a back-four of [Noussair] Mazraoui, [Matthijs] de Ligt, [Leny] Yoro, [Luke] Shaw, shielded by two from [Kobbie] Mainoo\/[Manuel] Ugarte\/Casemiro, Bruno restored to his preferred 10, flanked by [Bryan] Mbeumo and [Matheus] Cunha serving [Benjamin] Sesko. But Amorim is too stubborn to change.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, that stubbornness from Amorim is causing for calls for his head, with many feeling things are not going to improve if he continues how he\u2019s playing right now.<\/p>\n<p>But if Amorim was the cause of Fernandes leaving the club, as far and away United\u2019s best player, the club\u2019s fans would surely get on his back and that could see the board make a big call.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/how-long-amorim-has-left-man-utd-revealed-manager-never-concerned-insider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How long Amorim has left at Man Utd revealed with manager \u2018never concerned\u2019 \u2013 insider<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is reported \u2018optimism\u2019 in the Saudi Pro League that Bruno Fernandes will be signed, and \u2018stubborn\u2019 Ruben&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[873,94,163,98,12,101,6506,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-458423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-bruno-fernandes","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-saudi-arabia","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115283189469634863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458423","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=458423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}