Fernandes’ statement on Manchester United’s future and what he desperately wants to do | Soccer | Sports

Bruno Fernandes has revealed that he wants to follow in the footsteps of the club’s greats, suggesting he believes his long-term future lies with Manchester United. The midfielder was named Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year, joining other United greats such as Wayne Rooney, George Best, Sir Bobby Charlton, Cristiano Ronaldo, Teddy Sheringham and Roy Keane to win the award.

Fernandes has already won the League Cup and FA Cup during his time at Old Trafford, but he doesn’t want to stop there and wants to follow in the footsteps of Old Trafford’s greats by winning a big trophy with the club. “I want to achieve everything that the players have achieved at the club in terms of winning. But it’s very important for me to spend this award with them and I’m not going to hide it. It’s always been an award for me. That’s always been my goal. I’ve never hidden it. Like I said before, I’m not very good at hiding things!”

“I always say what I want to achieve. What I want to achieve is to win the league and win the Champions League.”

The United captain admitted he will always be a player who takes care of his heart.

“I’m not very good at hiding my emotions. I really show what I’m feeling and I’m not afraid of it,” he said. “Some people look at it positively in one direction, and some people look at it negatively. But you can’t change who you are. It’s a word that’s been put on you, and you can’t change it from day to day. I can’t just be a different person.”

“You can adapt, you can improve, you can learn, and I’m doing that every day. Obviously I can be a better player, a better person, a better captain, a better teammate, and I’m always going to do that until the end of my career.”

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“Especially if you’ve been at a club for a long time, it can feel very difficult. Sometimes people want to see new faces, new people coming in and trying to win and recreate what other players have done in the past.

“But every time I step on the pitch at Old Trafford, I really feel the love and support of the fans, because they believe in me as one of their own. And I always try to recreate for them what they have seen time and time again when they come to Old Trafford. I just try to do my best to make them proud and at the same time try to make sure we are as successful as possible.”

Fernandes has 19 assists so far this season, but surely his pass to Brian Mbeumo after his driving run from midfield in the Manchester derby is among his best?

“A lot of things I like have come out of this season,” he said. “People talk a lot about set-pieces, but a lot of it comes from set-pieces and when I see Casemiro score or get a header, he tells me exactly where he wants the ball to go.

“Sometimes it’s more difficult than doing a run where you’re like 40 or 50 meters with the idea of ​​moving the center back and moving Brian to the wrong side to give Brian space. Sometimes it’s more difficult because he still has to have the quality to head the ball in because he has to put the ball exactly where he wants it, just like Brian had to put the ball in.”

“But in terms of certain aspects of the game, the change of manager, a difficult few weeks, there were two games before that that didn’t go our way. We played away to Burnley and won, but we were knocked out of the FA Cup and had to play City at home, who we know are our big rivals.

“Also, this is a very important game, an important game for us to turn things around and do things differently this season.”