New footage has emerged online which shows in full a fiery clash between two West Ham and Manchester United stars – and it’s particularly embarrassing for one.
There were few teams who underperformed quite as badly as West Ham and Manchester United last season.
Expectations vs reality – particularly after the mid-season arrivals of Graham Potter and Ruben Amorim at the London Stadium and Old Trafford – were hugely underwhelming.
Amorim held talks to become David Moyes’s successor at West Ham last year.
But he proved too expensive and David Sullivan – by his own admission – was concerned about his lack of Premier League experience.
All change for West Ham and Man United this summer
West Ham managed to finish above Man United in the end and now both clubs are planning major overhauls.
A host of players are leaving the Hammers and the Red Devils and several stars are being linked with moves away.
Mohammed Kudus has actually been linked with Manchester United.
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Captain Bruno Fernandes has turned down a move to Saudi.
Meanwhile at West Ham, the club’s PSR situation means the future of a host of stars is uncertain, including that of striker Niclas Fullkrug.
Photo by Zohaib Alam - MUFC/Manchester United via Getty Images
Photo by Zohaib Alam – MUFC/Manchester United via Getty Images
Potter recently confirmed he sees Fullkrug as an impact sub for West Ham at best.
So the writing is very much on the wall for the soon-to-be 33-year-old.
After linking up with Germany Fullkrug has admitted he doesn’t like living in London.
And it seems he took his frustration out on Man United ace Fernandes when Germany met Portugal in the Nations League.
Most fans will have seen a brief clip of the bust-up between the duo.
Now new footage has emerged of the embarrassing moment between the West Ham and Man United stars.
Portugal beat Germany 2-1 to advance to the Nations League final.
Fullkrug came on in the second half and went into big brother mode in defending Liverpool-bound star Florian Wirtz.
Man City’s Bernardo Silva was involved in a flashpoint with soon-to-be Liverpool star Florian Wirtz during Portugal’s Nations League semi-final win over Germany, before slamming the match referee.
Photo by ANP via Getty Images
Photo by ANP via Getty Images
The game itself was a fiery one, with Wirtz at the centre of a lot of the drama as he was involved in collisions with both Bernardo and Bruno Fernandes.
Silva went down claiming that his foot had been stood on by Wirtz. As Wirtz went to pull Silva off the floor, Man United ace Fernandes rushed over and shoved the German playmaker sparking a melee.
That’s when the West Ham star Hammers fans refer to as their ‘big f—— German’ came in.
TV cameras only briefly caught Fullkrug butting heads with Fernandes as he leapt to Wirtz’s defence.
Now fan footage shows the full incident.
And it is a touch embarrassing for Fernandes.
Fernandes filled with instant regret after Fullkrug clash
Fullkrug can be seen steaming over and barging Fernandes, who is sent flying.
As the Portuguese retaliates, Fullkrug sees the red mist and Fernandes quickly drops the tough man act, backing down as the Hammers striker towers over him in a rage.
To be fair to Fernandes, not many would fancy taking on Fullkrug.
And it’s great to see some passion in a match.
Many feel that is too often missing in the modern club game which has become so sanitised.
You can check out the fresh footage in the social media post below.
Unless one of them moves on this summer, Fullkrug and Fernandes will meet again next month.
Because West Ham are playing Man United in the Premier League Summer Series in America on July 27th.