Man United captain Bruno Fernandes has offered to leave the club if an offer comes along for him this summer.
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Bruno Fernandes presses the flesh of Sir Jim Ratcliffe after the Europa League final.
Bruno Fernandes (left) addressed his future after the Europa League final.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ruben Amorim have already made their feelings on Bruno Fernandes' Manchester United future clear after he declared he will leave if the club decides to sell him this summer.
The United captain made the admission in the aftermath of Wednesday night's 1-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final in Bilbao.
United missed out on a third trophy in as many seasons and a place in next season's Champions League after Brennan Johnson netted the only goal of the game shortly before the half-time interval.
United will be without any form of European football next season for the first time since the 2014/15 campaign, meaning their recruitment plans for this summer's transfer window are poised to be impacted.
United will need to raise funds via player sales to boost head coach Amorim's transfer budget, so any tempting offer that comes along for Fernandes could be reluctantly accepted. And by the Portuguese international's own admission, he will move on if the club needs him to.
He said: "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 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.
"If the club thinks it's time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in or whatever, it's what it is, and football sometimes is like this."
Fernandes, who has scored 19 goals across all competitions this season, has been linked with Real Madrid and clubs in Saudi Arabia over the last few months, meaning clubs of that ilk are capable of presenting lucrative financial offers.
Bruno Fernandes celebrates after scoring at Old Trafford.
Bruno Fernandes has been Manchester United's best player this season.
However, if Amorim's admission about Fernandes' future back in March is anything to go by, he will be in no mood to let go of his captain.
The United head coach said: "It's not going to happen [Fernandes be sold]. This is the kind of player that we want and he's not going anywhere because I've already told him.
"He's 30 but he's still so young because he plays 55 games every season, and between assists and goals he's there for 30 at least. He's the type of player we want here."
Co-chairman Ratcliffe, too, has also described Fernandes as the type of player United are in need of.
Speaking to the BBC in early-March, Ratcliffe said of Fernandes: "There are some great players in the squad as we know, the captain is a fabulous footballer. We definitely need Bruno, he's a fantastic footballer."