Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes's representatives have spoken with Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal this week in Riyadh
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford pictured at Carrington
Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford pictured at Carrington
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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has sent his support to Marcus Rashford this weekend as the duo's future at Old Trafford remains finely in the balance.
Rashford has spent the second-half of the season on loan at Aston Villa after a public fallout with manager Ruben Amorim that began in December. After the winger was dropped for the Manchester derby, he never recovered his spot in the United team and it became clear he would not earn his spot back under the Portuguese manager.
With a move to Barcelona off the cards in January, Rashford managed to negotiate a loan switch to Villa. After rediscovering some of his form, the forward picked up an injury after scoring against Manchester City which resulted in him missing the rest of the campaign.
Since then, Rashford has been undertaking warm weather training camps in a bid to ensure he is fully fit for the start of pre-season which shall begin in July. Sharing his progress this weekend, Rashford posted on Instagram a video of himself sprinting, with the caption: "The work don’t stop! Let’s go."
Among the United players to show their support for Rashford was Fernandes who liked the video along with Andre Onana and Diogo Dalot. While Rashford is almost certain to leave United this summer, Fernandes' future hangs in the balance.
MEN Sport reported this week that Fernandes' agent Miguel Pinho had met with Al Hilal's representatives in Riyadh this week. It is understood that the captain is 'seriously considering' the offer placed to him by the Saudi club that is thought to be valued at a whopping £700,000 per week.
Fernandes would then get tongues wagging on Saturday when he shared a cryptic message on his Instagram account. The statement, which was in Portuguese, translated to: "If you tried and failed, congratulations!
"There are people who don't even try." It was not too big a leap to assume that Fernandes could have been referring to United and his time at the club.
Consistently, Fernandes has been the best player at United and this season he scored 19 goals and managed 20 assists. Despite his best efforts, this was not enough to deliver a trophy nor avoid United's worst ever finish in the Premier League.
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