Bruno Fernandes was left visibly heartbroken after losing a second Europa League final at Manchester United as Ruben Amorim's side were beaten in Bilbao by Tottenham
07:59, 22 May 2025
BILBAO, SPAIN - MAY 21: Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United during the UEFA Europa League match between Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United at the San Mames on May 21, 2025 in Bilbao Spain (Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images)
Bruno Fernandes has offered to leave Manchester United(Image: undefined via Getty Images)
Bruno Fernandes has admitted he would understand if Manchester United opted to sell him in the summer transfer window.
Despite reaffirming his commitment to the club, the United captain is bracing himself for a season without any European competition at Old Trafford after a dismal defeat to Tottenham in the Europa League final on Wednesday night. However, he's also willing to accept the idea of the club cashing in to recoup some money.
Fernandes said: "If the club thinks it's time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in or whatever, it is what it is. And football sometimes is like this. I have always been honest. I've always said I will be here until the club says to me that it's time to go.
"I'm eager to do more, to be able to bring the club to the great days. In the day that the club thinks that I'm too much or it's time to part ways, football is like this, you never know it. But I've always said it and I keep my word in the same way."
This marks the first occasion that Fernandes, who signed in January 2020 and whose contract still has two years remaining, plus an option for an additional year, has spoken about the potential of leaving Old Trafford.
BILBAO, SPAIN - MAY 21: Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes walks past the trophy with his runners-up medal during the UEFA Europa League Final 2025 between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at San Mames Stadium on May 21, 2025 in Bilbao, Spain. (Photo by Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)
Fernandes suffered a second Europa League final heartbreak(Image: undefined via Getty Images)
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His future could become even more uncertain should Ruben Amorim decide to leave the club this summer. Fernandes has openly supported his countryman, despite the recent poor results putting the manager under intense scrutiny.
The midfielder said: "We [the players] just agreed that he's the right man. He has done a lot of good things. We know that the manager is looked at by the results.
"But we see more than that as players. We know for everyone it will be about him bringing back the positivity in the club - to try to bring the club back to fight for trophies, fight for the big trophies. And we all agree that he's the right man.
"It's not my decision but I do think the manager is the right one and I don't think that it will be a better person to come into the job and do the job. I know it's difficult to understand that, it's difficult to see that.
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"And I do think that the club is in a situation where it's easier to get a different one in because the results haven't been there. But as my other team-mates have said - and I repeat myself - I do think he's the right man."
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Fernandes was unable to lead his team to victory in Bilbao, labelling the 1-0 defeat to Spurs as 'cruel'. Reflecting on the match, he said: "It's a very sad day because we've done some very good things in this competition until today.
"But today was the day that mattered, the most important day of the competition. It was the day we could have been in the history of the Europa League, but it's not like that.
"And football is cruel, and it's been our turn to lose."