[Keith Wyness
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The attacking midfielder returned to the United XI for the trip to Chelsea on Saturday, but could do nothing to prevent a 2-0 defeat for his team and was in tears afterwards amid a frosty reception from the away fans.
Fernandes' future has been under major scrutiny in the aftermath of his spat with manager Michael Carrick, and Wyness expects that his days at Old Trafford are now numbered.
The 32-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season, although the club have the option to extend that by a further year.
However, with former United boss Amorim now trying to take advantage of Fernandes' unhappiness, it appears increasingly likely that a summer exit is in store.
Man United planning immediate Bruno Fernandes sale
Everton’s former chief Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes that United will look to preserve Fernandes' value by triggering their extension clause.
"I think what they will do is they will probably invoke his option to preserve value, and I think they may well sell him in the summer," he said.
"Amorim and AC Milan have got an interest, and I could see that sort of thing happening quite easily. But if they've got that extra time with him in terms of his asset value, that would make sense to try and get some sort of valuation.
"I think obviously the connection with Amorim was quite good. So that sort of makes sense to me to have both parties happy with that.
"There is a festering wound that needs to be sorted out. And I do expect him to go. It could even be January, but United will still get a decent value if they invoke that option of the extra year, and that's how I expect it to go. His days at United are numbered from now on."
Man United to lose four first-team stars within months
Former Manchester City financial advisor Stefan Borson told Football Insider earlier this week that Fernandes is likely to be part of a gorwing group of established first-teamers who depart United next summer.
Borson pointed out that the exits are likely to have a significant effect on the club's wage bill, which they ar expected to slash once again.
Unitd are facing billions of pounds of debt at the moment, and reducing expenses on the playing squad has been identified as a key way of tackling that.