Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has offered his view on Everton's men's team leaving Goodison Park with the Reds star having fond memories of the Merseyside stadium
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Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes will miss playing at Everton's Goodison Park when the men's team move to a new ground next season
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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has shared his disappointment at Everton's men's team leaving Goodison Park.
David Moyes' side will play their final home game at the iconic stadium on Sunday afternoon against Southampton. Everton have played at the venue since 1892, with Goodison hosting more top-flight football than any other stadium in England.
The Toffees will move to a new ground at Bramley-Moore Dock for the start of the 2025/26 season, while the club's women's team will move into Goodison Park as their permanent home from the start of next season. United's men drew 2-2 in their final game at Goodison back in February, with Fernandes the penultimate scorer before Manuel Ugarte's dramatic equaliser from 2-0 down.
And the Portuguese midfielder has shared his reaction to the change, having also scored his first away goal for United at the famous Merseyside venue in March 2020.
"It is [quite sad] and I think some of the stadiums are so iconic that, in the beginning, everyone is a little bit disappointed with the change," he told Inside United via the club's official website.
"I think the Everton fans will be really happy that they have a big stadium now. A bigger stadium, they have better conditions in the new stadiums, and I think it’s always good.
"We keep with them and stay with the memories that a stadium gives to football. I think it’s a very special stadium with a very good atmosphere. I think, and I hope, that they can recreate that at the new stadium because I feel it’s a place where it is very good to go and play because the atmosphere is very nice. I mean it’s very, very loud at the stadium.
"I do like to play in these kind of stadiums because I think this is what drives you as a player," he added. "When you’re growing up and seeing all these places, firing you up and everything. You want to be in that stadium and you want to be in this kind of atmosphere.
"So I made very good memories there. I think it’s an iconic stadium that will always be an iconic stadium. But now, I think Everton fans and players have to create new memories in the new stadium. But what is very good also is that means the club is going forwards and doing something new, trying to make the club grow and be better, and give more chance to more fans to come to the stadium."
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