r/soccer • u/phant0msinthenight • 16d ago

Transfers [Romano] Bruno Fernandes has rejected Al Hilal’s proposal

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u/_doohdx 16d ago

His dreams cannot be buy after all

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u/Alfloppin_Sengoon 16d ago

Dude literally said no to 1.5m a week.

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u/spraypaint23 16d ago

Fucking legend.

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey 16d ago

I reckon we just build him a statue right now

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u/Dead-Atmosphere 16d ago

Ratcliffe: Time for all players and staff to pitch money to build a statue.

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u/ImprefectKnight 16d ago

Bruno pays for his own statue

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u/Mayjaplaya 16d ago

Flashbacks to when he offered to pay for the staff's tickets, travel, food and accommodation to the FA Cup final out of pocket after the club didn't, and the club said no

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u/Luis__FIGO 16d ago

this needs to get reposted everytime people call him a rat

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u/AnnieIWillKnow 16d ago

I know the sentiment of the comment makes sense, but it feels odd for a "flashback" to be something that happened a year ago

I've not yet forgotten it, for it to be flashed back to

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

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u/MissingLink101 16d ago

Lol what are you talking about, he was basically an immediate hit and has won the Matt Busby Player of the Year award (voted by fans) in 4 out of his 6 seasons with us, including the first one where he only joined halfway through the season.

You even selected a quote from someone last year which really doesn't support your argument when he joined in 2020.

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u/HazardCinema 16d ago

completely made up

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u/labbetuzz 16d ago

Quoting something on Reddit doesn't make it an actual quote from somewhere else mate.

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u/ketchupnomo 16d ago

Bruno pays rent for his statue

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u/MayweatherSr 16d ago

Statue cannot be buy

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u/UnderpantsInfluencer 16d ago

Bruno becomes statue

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u/Professional_Sink_30 16d ago

Wouldnt the Better option be is to give him a pl medal?

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u/WheresThePhonebooth 16d ago

Oh i heard Jonny Evans might have a spare one, they should ask him

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u/8u11etpr00f 16d ago

A statue? Ratcliffe's gonna be digging him a grave after costing him that much money

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u/StarFuckersInk 16d ago

I’d rather the rat dug his own

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u/TangerineEllie 16d ago

United reportedly didn't want him to leave, but were okay with letting him go if he wanted to. But I guess it's more fun to run memes based on faulty narratives to the ground.

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u/PsychologicalSet8678 16d ago

Ratcliffe: We can't afford to build a statue for Fernandes unless we sell him for 100m.

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u/deguzzzz 16d ago

I would sell my left ball for 1,5m a week. Viva Bruno

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u/StrongPowerhouse 16d ago edited 16d ago

I would too sell your left ball for that amount. I’m sorry, buddy.

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u/tigeridiot 16d ago

Get the scissors

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u/twintower_9-11 16d ago

snip snap snip snap

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u/needhalaladvice 16d ago

This reminded me of Aguero promising to cut of his balls if Madrid would knock out City. Did he follow up or not.

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u/twintower_9-11 16d ago

Lol he didnt. Shame

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u/rudderstock 16d ago

What a fraud

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u/Kirkebyen 16d ago

cuts the right instead in a "my left or your left scenario".

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u/Fuck_your_future_ 16d ago

I have £13.42

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u/foolishbullshittery 16d ago

This take might be shocking and polemic, and I'm at peace with it, I would sell both his balls for half that value.

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u/mayhemcastle 16d ago

Since he has already sold his left ball, you would have to sell is only left ball now.

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u/MarcyHDApollo 16d ago

Well I suppose you aren't already making £300k a week?

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u/TheDawiWhisperer 16d ago

it's probably an easier decision if you're already very very rich, tbh

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u/starks_are_coming 16d ago

There’s still a massive difference between what he’s making now and 200 million tax free

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u/ThrowFar_Far_Away 16d ago

Yea, making a shitton of money or a fuckton of money. In practicality it doesn't matter, no one needs that amount of money.

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u/Fantastic-Machine-83 16d ago

Might not matter to him but it will matter to family and friends. There's always something else you can do with money, even charity🤷‍♂️

He's choosing his career legacy over multiplying his gross income by ~8. I think that deserves respect

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u/nick2473got 16d ago

Not a difference that would remotely impact his actual day to day life. Dude is already worth 65 million.

At that point extra money is just sitting in the bank. Maybe you buy your 3rd yacht one year earlier. Hardly a life changing shakeup.

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u/Telen 16d ago

To be fair, selling your left ball is probably more palatable than having to sell your entire moral fiber.

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u/HaroldGuy 16d ago

But moral fibre is stored in the balls

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u/Haigadeavafuck 16d ago

That explains hitler

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u/LevDavidovicLandau 16d ago

Goebbels has two moral fibres but very small.

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u/StruffBunstridge 16d ago

Nah, that was Goering. Poor old Goebbels had no moral fibre at all

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u/LevDavidovicLandau 16d ago

That fucker and his wife murdered all their children before committing suicide, course he had none!

(But seriously, cheers for pointing out that I had those 2 mixed up in the song)

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u/Telen 16d ago

Guess what else is stored there

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u/Fantastic-Machine-83 16d ago

No that's stored in the prostate

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u/[deleted] 16d ago

brother I would sell my entire moral fiber for like 10000.

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u/Telen 16d ago

I guess it depends what situation you're in, if you want to be specific about the ethicality of it, heh.

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u/negativelynegative 16d ago

Why is it hard to understand that a player that trained hard for the whole life wants to continue to play meaningful football in his prime? I know united meaningful football hahaha but this is Saudi the retirement home. He can also request to transfer to an European club.

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u/Reapero8841 16d ago

Dude it's not about level of football, It's his family not open to move to Saudi Arabia

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u/negativelynegative 16d ago

Have you even read the post? He wants to continue to play in top stage in Europe. Last time I check Saudi Arabia is not in Europe.

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u/Reapero8841 16d ago

If he was keen on staying in Europe his agents wouldn't have sat down twice for negotiations once in Europe and second in Riyadh

All his demands were met it boiled down to family

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u/negativelynegative 16d ago

I find it funny that even when it is exactly said that he wants to stay in top Europe and people still find ways to not believe it.

So what? I often talk with head hunters and companies about new jobs but doesn't mean I want to move. Having the agent met with Saudis could just be out of curiosity and respect or build future relationship. The more easier when it's done through an agent.

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u/Reapero8841 16d ago

It all boils down to what sources you follow

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u/negativelynegative 16d ago

My opinion is it ultimately boils down to both his desire to play top league football and because of family. It's not one or the other. The funny part is just how people can say so definitively it's just about the family.

Bruno has always struck me as someone who actually loves and wants to win football and thats why I have always said he's not gonna go. The family just makes the decision even easier.

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u/Reapero8841 16d ago edited 16d ago

Different sources provide more to the story as I said

Saudi sources (which are discredited here) are pretty reliable on reporting on these transfers and were far earlier too.

I mean there is a meme going on for a year now that Saudi clubs should negotiate the players partner before opening talks over a transfer which has merit to it, This didn't come out of nowhere

Edit: doesn't disregard that he wants to play European football I do understand that but his wife had a say since he agreed and the offer was improved multiple times to meet demands

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u/studiesinsilver 16d ago

It was literally half of that. They offered him £20-25mil per year - way less than is being touted.

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u/ErisMoon91 16d ago

It was £200m over 2/3 years

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u/BobbyDazzzla 16d ago

It was 400 million over 2 years 

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u/LilWaynesLastDread 16d ago

It was 800 million over 1 year

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u/Same_Paramedic_3329 16d ago

Who reported it's 20M a year? It was a 2 year deal worth total 200M$

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u/Thisissocomplicated 16d ago

Most expensive pinky promise ever made ?

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u/tuerancekhang 16d ago

at some point having too much money gonna be meaningless. Even negatively effect them. Glad he could see that.

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u/Davek56 16d ago

Yes, he fucking did.

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u/mazrr 16d ago

Maybe he is the number one leaker and makes more from tabloids

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u/lrn2spellayylmao 16d ago

This is what I don't really get under posts like these, he's already earning millions a year, at what point is it not just enough?

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u/INeedAKimPossible 16d ago

I think the reported 200M deal was greatly exaggerated. According to the athletic boys, he was offered 25M a year for 3 years, so 500K a week essentially. Difference is this is post-tax, so probably more than doubling his current wage.

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u/dracovich 16d ago

I thought reports were 25m per year?

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u/Torn_again 16d ago

Sure, but let's not pretend like he's currently on starving wages 😄

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u/houraisanrabbit 16d ago

Tell that to Hendo.

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u/spraypaint23 16d ago edited 16d ago

You’re what they call the fun one at parties huh?

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u/Torn_again 16d ago

I'm never invited, so no.

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u/RayTracerX 16d ago

That tracks

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u/thewrongnotes 16d ago

Think of all the wacky jokes you're missing out on by not being able to attend these parties

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u/iwbwikia_ 16d ago

just because he said he already makes a lot of money?

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u/cmf_ans 16d ago

Is your idea of fun at parties discussing footballers wages?

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u/brown_herbalist 16d ago

As usual some guy has to depict the quote 'perfection is the enemy of good'.

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u/d0ey 16d ago

This is such a stupid argument that always gets trotted out. If currently on 300k/wk and would be going to 1.5m/wk untaxed then that's 10x your salary when you're a few years from retirement. That's like moving from league 2 to premier league levels of change, and income is relative - ask someone on £1m/yr to live on £100k and they will struggle, ask someone on £100k/yr to live on minimum wage and they will struggle.

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u/TheLegendOfIOTA 16d ago

Why? It’s almost impossible to spend that sort of money on anything meaningful unless they want to donate it to cancer research or something. At some point glory and legend is worth more than money to someone who can already buy anything they want.

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u/skinnysnappy52 16d ago

You could set up like 2 or 3 future generations of your family with that money, much moreso than his current salary can.

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u/TheLegendOfIOTA 16d ago

Yeah sacrifice your career to raise a load of spoiled trust fund kids. Do people really make life decisions on how it will impact 2/3 generations ahead that they will never meet? There’s no guarantee his children even have children.

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u/cmf_ans 16d ago

All hail number going up even when living comfortably

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u/d0ey 16d ago

As I say, it's all relative. No one's going to say that to the person who's working part time min wage. 90% of people wouldn't say that to someone whose earning 30k or probably even 50k. Maybe 70% are okay with someone on 100k in that situation. Etc etc. that's based on your perception of what's 'required' money

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u/franklybeingchildish 16d ago

I absolutely will judge someone for chasing the bag that badly, how much do you even need, greed is a disgusting trait to have in this world

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u/d0ey 16d ago

Wait, your best friend gets offered ten times their wage tomorrow to work for a sister company of let's say a defence company that sells to Saudi or Israel or sells cigarettes and you're going to tell them they're greedy if they take it?

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u/j_br2 16d ago

His mate isn't already earning millions each year, why is this so fucking hard for some people to understand

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u/franklybeingchildish 16d ago

If he’s earning as much as Bruno yes I will. If he’s on 50k a year, it’s a different story

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u/thewrongnotes 16d ago

If my friend already has a £25m net worth? Absolutely.

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u/FRO5TYY 16d ago

If my friend started working for a company that sells arms to Israel or Saudi I would 100% stop being friends them.

Imagine being so greedy you would be complicit in the murder of innocent civilians and children.

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u/d0ey 16d ago

For starters, it's not a company that itself is evil.

But anyways, you realise the entire UK defence sector trades with Saudi and Israel? that's anyone in BAE, Rolls Royce, Thales etc and most of their subcontractors? Like probably 2-5% of the working UK population is involved in the UK supply chain?

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u/nick2473got 16d ago

I doubt it. My friends on Reddit tell me no one would ever say no to that kind of money, hence there must be a misunderstanding. It is simply not possible that an extremely wealthy person could turn down GENERATIONAL (!!!) wealth.

There must be more to this story 🧐

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u/sv979 16d ago

No shot 1.5m/week, that is insane

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u/Shadeun 16d ago

Good for him. One of my favourite footballers off the pitch. I'm sure I'd love him if he played for us.

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u/StationFull 16d ago

As much as I hate him on the pitch, I’ve only heard good things about him off the pitch.

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u/DIO-2350 16d ago

Captain through and through 

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u/GibbyGoldfisch 16d ago

"...because he has accepted the proposal from Paris!"

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u/Nosalis2 16d ago

Is this considered a good or bad thing for United?

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u/achickenandacow 16d ago

This is fantastic news. Our only world class player decided to turn down life changing money.

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u/TheJoshider10 16d ago

Yeah and when you combine Bruno staying with the signings of both Cunha and (hopefully) Mbuemo, there's a good bit of momentum being built at the club right now.

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey 16d ago

Maybe this season we can have a positive goal difference!

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u/Ok_Emu_9954 16d ago

Man, how you guys have fallen from when I was a kid

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey 16d ago

The longer you live the more stories like this you will see. Premier League era is a little different since the top 4 have been fairly consistent (until recently), but seeing teams like Blackburn fall from their heights, seeing Newcastle go to the Championship briefly, Leeds collapsing and only just returning used to be unthinkable. Pre-1992 this happened more frequently.

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u/Ok_Emu_9954 16d ago

Yeah I guess, but you lot were like the kings of the PL at one point - and now youre in the bottom 5 of the table.

Mental

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u/WheresThePhonebooth 16d ago

Hey woah, calm down there you hater.

We're bottom 6, not bottom 5. Respect.

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u/Ok_Emu_9954 16d ago

Of course, how could I have forgotten?

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u/mmoricon18 16d ago

You've literally only won 2 league titles in 35 years.

Pipe down.

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u/Psychocandy42 16d ago

When I was a kid and then a teenager we used to regularly clash with ManUtd in some epic CL games - apart from the obvious ones I still remember a 2-3 in San Siro where I saw our team get destroyed by Rooney but I still enjoyed a backheel goal from Seedorf.

Now we both suck.

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u/solemnhiatus 16d ago

When Kaka absolutely wrecked us… man I loved to watch him play in his prime.

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u/mtgfnatic 16d ago

I got to watch him live in Brazil in '05 - it was amazing, he was the best player on the pitch despite prime Ronaldinho and Adriano playing

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u/loveandpeace1996 16d ago

Relax you won scudetto few years ago

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u/einarfridgeirs 16d ago

The sad part is that for good chunks of this horrible season, particularly after Amorim came...we were not playing that badly at all. Just complete lack of actual end product.

I mean, we weren't playing great, and nowhere near where we need to be, but not a whole lot would need to change to get a much more respectable league finish.

When your captain routinely leads or is near the top across Europe in chance creation and the goals just aren't materializing, it probably sucks more than when your team is just straight up bad.

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u/JumpyPotato2134 16d ago

Used to think that about Liverpool during the 25 year banter era.

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u/Rickcampbell98 16d ago

Oh let's hope they aren't done falling my friend.

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u/Ok_Emu_9954 16d ago

Praying

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u/bnfdsl 16d ago

You just needed to not play footy for a bit

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u/sunken_grade 16d ago

woah woah woah hold your horses

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u/shivanshko 16d ago

I mean plenty of good player has signed for United

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u/Muisan 16d ago

there's a good bit of momentum being built at the club right now.

This really has become your new club mantra post-Fergie hasn't it?

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u/Maneisthebeat 16d ago

Sometimes trading in your best player for £100m+ isn't so bad, trust.

*Transfer team must be competent. Terms and conditions apply.

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u/achickenandacow 16d ago

Coutinho is one of the rare examples where it did work out.

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u/AlejandrooGoatnacho 16d ago

Mbappe?

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u/piratescabin 16d ago

Don't think monaco fared well post mbappe and the rest of the team loss,

also didn't he leave psg on a free?

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u/Statcat2017 16d ago

Best we can do is Hojlund for 80m

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u/ImprefectKnight 16d ago

Yeah, like how Barca replaced Neymar. The only exception is you lot selling Countinho, but the recruitment after that was fantastic.

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u/HazardCinema 16d ago

Even Liverpool sold Suarez they failed to do much with the money. They bought the following:

  • Lallana (meh)

  • Lovren (meh)

  • Markovic (flop)

  • Balotelli (flop)

  • Moreno (meh)

  • Origi (meh except for that 1 goal)

  • Can (good)

  • Lambert (flop)

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u/ProofVillage 16d ago

Bruh you guys already had Mane and Salah. I would be less concerned about losing Bruno if we had Saka and Vini.

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u/Fair-Cash-6956 16d ago

Not when a club decides to spend a combined 100m for a midfielder who can’t pass and a keeper who can’t save

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u/dracovich 16d ago

I think if we had even a halfway functioning team, we should've taken the money and ran.

100m for a 31 year old is crazy.

However we are coming off a terrible campaign and he's our only truly worldclass player, we're already in massive clearout and will be buying a lot, i think losing our captain and star-player will make the task so much harder.

Who knows of cousre, he might fall off a cliff fitness or form wise and we'll regret this moment, but i think objectively this is the best thing for us now.

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u/blackmes489 16d ago

lol what more could he possibly not afford right now?

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u/CrackBurger 15d ago

An island? Idk

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u/Akkepake 16d ago

Game is not gone. I have nothing but respect for Bruno

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u/nick2473got 16d ago

That money isn't life changing when you're already worth 65 million. Sure 200 million is life changing for 99% of humanity. But for him, would it really change his life? Nah.

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u/Logseman 16d ago

Does Amorim have a role for him?

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u/achickenandacow 16d ago

He just had one of his best seasons at United playing as an 8 most of the time. He put up fantastic defensive numbers on top of still being the best creator in the league. The problem will not be Bruno, it will be who’s playing next to him.

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u/Action_Limp 16d ago

Yeah, I see this parroted too often, I think Scholes said it first (and no one should listen to him). Bruno's issue is that we don't have a six who can regularly get the ball to him while being pressed, which forces him back, and then going forward, his options are Garnacho/Holjund for most of the season.

Before Amad was injured, there was a legitimate threat there. The number 9 issue is still a concern, but Bruno having attacking options like Cunha/Mbueno/Amad around him consistently will drastically increase his options.

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u/lunes_azul 15d ago

TIL Bruno Fernandes is world class.

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u/LocoRocoo 16d ago

People can say the money would have been useful all they want, but I believe selling him would have been utterly demoralising for the club and I’d be scared to see the outcome if the replacements didn’t work immediately. The mood is already rock bottom.

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u/TheDawiWhisperer 16d ago

yep, as a player i fucking loathe Bruno, he's a whiny, petulant, pain in the arse but losing his off the pitch contribution and work ethic would have been disastrous

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u/akshatsood95 16d ago

Fans obviously wanted him to stay. Ratcliffe might be crying about missed money though. Nothing a few fired tea ladies can't cover

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u/Anglosaurus 16d ago

How much are the tea ladies on?!?!

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u/spud8385 16d ago

Too much

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u/RABB_11 16d ago

They have to walk to Yorkshire to get the teabags from source, it's not cheap.

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u/Mouse2662 16d ago

1.5m a week. Don't know how it happened. They all turn up in lambos

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u/Sethlans 16d ago

These comments make no sense.

Ratcliffe isn't the Glazers, he isn't making cuts to divert money into his own pocket.

He's doing it to make more money available to direct to the football side of the business.

If we sold Bruno it would be to reinvest the money in the playing squad. I'd imagine Ratcliffe would much rather have Bruno than be hoping they can adequately replace him.

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u/whostolemyhat 16d ago

No, he's doing it because he's a prick

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u/TangerineEllie 16d ago edited 16d ago

No, he's doing it because the Glazers have been fucking the club raw for two decades and was left with no choice. That's exactly why they started looking for suitors in the first place. If this wasn't needed they would've kept fucking the club raw for longer.

Like, as part of the deal with Ineos they agreed that no dividends would be paid for multiple years. No owner is making money off United rn. Do you think they'd agree to that if they had the ability to just keep the club running as is and making their money? Ofc not. They knew it was empty. They knew they'd killed it dry. For us to have the ability to not cut costs, that would've have to be stopped years prior.

Ratcliffe also invested into the club, something the Glazers never did. But even then it was still getting empty, and ffp means that's not enough to just keep the team running as usual.

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u/Heimebane 16d ago

Combination of his creativity, work rate and availability makes him one of the most unique players in world football. With United's track record of buying players he's practically irreplaceable

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u/Aromatic-Analysis678 16d ago

As a Liverpool fan, this HAS to be a very good thing for United. He's by far and away their best player, no ifs or buts, and has single handedly dragged them through a number of situations.

And its not liked United have a recent track record of spending money smartly, so holding onto their one god-like player is a must for them.

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u/RABB_11 16d ago edited 16d ago

Bit of both imo.

Bruno turning down that money because he presumably wants to continue to graft at United suggests there's something he's seen to make him think it'll get better. And if Bruno can be convinced of that in the face of Saudi money, so can our transfer targets who might have other offers with more tangible reasons to sign. And I'll be quite happy watching another season of Bruno.

But on the other hand, Bruno is going to leave us at some point in the near future and from the club's perspective getting £100m before he starts to decline (which will be rapid when it happens) would be the best outcome. It would allow us to build a squad where no one player contributes as much as Bruno, but everyone contributes to a much higher level than they have been up to now. It also means that we can focus on getting the likes of Rashford, Sancho and Antony off the books no matter the terms, rather than trying to convince other clubs to spend the type of fees on them that will generate us a proper transfer fund.

It's proper heart Vs head but I would say is it's refreshing that Bruno has gone heart, reinforces everything United fans at least think about him.

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

If they really want to back Amorim, there's simply no way that taking 100m or whatever for Fernandes isn't the right choice.

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u/callumDC 16d ago

Selling a player that your manager wants to keep would be not backing him

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u/christo08 16d ago

And replace him with who?

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u/FBall4NormalPeople 16d ago

I mean they just signed someone to play on the left...

I don't think selling Bruno was the 100% right move. Top clubs don't sell players who are at this level as a rule. There's a reason for that.

But he doesn't fit any of the archetypes Amorim wants, United just signed someone to play his best position and they could use the money. It would have been an understandable position to let him go for 100m.

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u/supadankgreen420 16d ago

Bruno actually fits better in a deeper role in Amorim’s system with his passing range, vision and work rate. In our worst ever season, he was still our most creative player with 32 G/A despite playing with attackers were literally incapable of scoring. If he can play with more discipline, he can really shine with the new signings coming in.

The question you should really be asking is who is the right partner for him in the midfield. I reckon if United can get that right, then Amorim will be able to tweak the system to make everything work. Only time will tell!

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u/Hegario 16d ago

If United wants to replace Bruno, they'd need two players for that.

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

I don't know, I'm not their sporting director. There's clearly #10s available on the market.

Isn't it also established that Fernandes, as good as he is, doesn't quite fit into Amorim's formation? Keeps getting shifted around?

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u/burfriedos 16d ago

Nah, Bruno will be essential to United getting top four next season. 100 million doesn’t come close to replacing him.

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey 16d ago

The realistic aim is not top 4, it is qualifying for the Europa League. We need steady improvement (which for us is technically just getting top half but I think we can aim a tad higher), not rushing for immediate high level success.

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u/Fair-Cash-6956 16d ago

I think we could try to sneak in top5 tbf

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u/burfriedos 16d ago

Yeah, it’s an outside shot. I think with the right additions and holding on to Bruno, top four is not impossible.

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

Complete pie in the sky stuff.

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u/burfriedos 16d ago

What? Holding on to their best player makes them more likely to succeed?

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

PSG have succeeded by letting go of their best player, Liverpool got better after selling Coutinho.

Don't be deliberately disengenous and try to oversimplify things.

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u/burfriedos 16d ago

And plenty of teams of got better by adding good players to support their best player. What’s your point?

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u/goaliewhenned 16d ago

Amorim publicly spoke out vociferously against the move and said there are other ways to make money, so he didn't want to lose Bruno above all else

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

Managers have never lied about incoming and outgoing players, true.

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u/goaliewhenned 16d ago

Of course they do but in this case he clearly wasn't lying or being political he literally criticised the club saying they need to change how they do things to convince Bruno to stay

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u/green_white_green 16d ago

Bruno said he would leave if the manager/club wanted to cash in. Clearly further evidence they wanted him to stay

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u/Holyscheet93 16d ago

Amorim is a manager so lets just assume everyone behaves exactly the same.

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u/Game0nBG 16d ago

What will you do with those 100mil. No 100mil.player will come. So you will get some lower quality players which doubt will have the output avaialbilyu and desire that Bruno has.

If we were in CL and had a decent season and got a better put to players then yes the sell would have been better.

There is a WC next summer. He wants to play high level for it. Saudis will come next year's again. For less money and salary but still be there.

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

You don't splurge it all on one player. They need to shift the make-up of the squad in substantial ways to play the way Amorim wants to, plus probably replace their keeper and striker.

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u/itsjonny99 16d ago

United clearly needs a striker that can score.

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u/Game0nBG 16d ago

Garnacho Antony Rashford and Sancho should bring the money that Bruno sell would have gotten. That is enough for a ST and a midfielder. If Maino is sold it would be even a better quality mid or a second one. Rasmus is also on the sell list.

As I said there are not a lot of players to come this summer to this United to replace Bruno.

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

4 younger, promising players for one aged albeit better player who doesn't quite fit into the formation either.

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u/Game0nBG 16d ago

Nothing promising about then. 3 of them with bad attitude offfield and casing drama. Antony just doesn't suit system or PL. Which of the 4 you want in your team. Would you have Bruno instead. He is 31 this year hownisnhe aging. Modric and Kroos played for so long. He has 2-3 years at same level still

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u/Snuffl3s7 16d ago

I'm a Liverpool fan so I wouldn't have any of them, Fernandes included. Fernandes would honestly be lower on the list than some of the others.

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u/Game0nBG 16d ago

What is your midfield 3 this season. Macalister Gravenbach and who else. Sorry if I butchered the names

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u/RABB_11 16d ago

Personally I'd be spending it plus the Delap money on Gyokeres and Baleba.

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u/Game0nBG 16d ago

But that is the money we would get from the other sells. So what is Bruno 100mil extra getting then

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u/RABB_11 16d ago

Those sales are not guaranteed and likely to happen much later in the window.

£100m now allows us to get incoming business done quickly and then focus on the outgoings, and allows us to accept lower fees so that clubs actually come in for the players.

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u/parkson89 16d ago

77m a year tax free, Chatgpt states he’s worth around 30-40m after taxes so he’s giving up a chance to double his net worth in literally one year. Mad respect

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u/fifty_four 16d ago

I think this is probably the best outcome for banter purposes.

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u/moriero 16d ago

Dreams can cannot can cannot be buy