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Manchester United are more and more optimistic of agreeing a brand new long-term cope with captain Bruno Fernandes, bringing the Portuguese star according to the membership’s high earners.
United are eager to tie-down the £240,000-a-week midfielder and sources have informed Mail Sport that there’s hope an settlement can quickly be reached on a brand new three-year deal, with the choice of an additional yr.
Fernandes put United chiefs on alert again in Could when he mentioned, amid curiosity from Bayern Munich and Saudi Arabia, he would contemplate his choices after Euro 2024.
‘It doesn’t simply rely upon me, does it?’ Fernandes mentioned on the time.
‘A participant all the time has to need to be right here, however on the identical time, you must need him to remain.’
Bruno Fernandes will lengthen his keep at Manchester United via to at the least June 2027
Fernandes, who turns 30 subsequent month, joined United again in January 2020 and has two years remaining on his present deal, which he penned in 2022.
Throughout 4 and a half years at Outdated Trafford he has made greater than 220 appearances, scoring 73 targets and 65 assists.
The Crimson Devils endured a disappointing eighth-place end within the 2023-24 Premier League marketing campaign, though an FA Cup victory ensured Fernandes’ season ended on a excessive.
Portuguese outlet O Jogo claimed Fernandes’ agent Miguel Pinho had met with representatives from Bayern Munich over a possible switch in the summertime.
New Bayern boss Vincent Kompany had been determined to make a marquee signing after a season by which the German giants did not win a single trophy.
Nonetheless, the 29-year-old had beforehand indicated his need to stay at Outdated Trafford via a piece in The Player’s Tribune.
He wrote: ‘I like to step out at Outdated Trafford greater than something on this planet. I don’t need to go away. This has all the time been my final dream.
Fernandes has been one in all Manchester United’s finest gamers since signing in 2020
‘I simply need my expectations to suit with the expectations of the membership. For those who go discuss to any fan, they are going to inform you an identical factor. We need to compete for the league. We need to be enjoying Champions League soccer. We need to be in cup finals. That’s the usual. That’s what I need. That’s what you all deserve.
‘I simply need to preserve preventing. I need to be right here. My household needs to be right here.’
