Roy Keane Still Has All Of My Respect – Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United captain, Bruno Fernandes has come out to hit back at Sir Jim Ratcliffe over his claims that some MUFC players are overpaid and not good enough. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he does not think any player likes to hear an owner come out to call them not good enough or overpaid, and it is up to him and his teammates to prove that they can be important for the club.

Bruno added that he also saw Roy Keane’s comments about him, but he still has all of his respect.

His words, “We need to prove ourselves every day in training, every day that we have a game. We can’t relax at this club. You know that there’s a big standard, a big attention that you get from the media, from everywhere. You need to realise that sometimes you need to put your focus on your game, trying to improve yourself. It’s not nice to hear certain things obviously. I don’t think that any player likes to hear criticism or things that are talked about to you, that you’re not good enough or you’re overpaid or whatever. Everyone has their own contract. The club agrees to do the contracts at the time you come here or at the time you do a new contract or whatever and it’s about yourself proving that you can be important for the club.

No, everyone has an opinion and that’s fine. I can’t change the mind of people. Like everything I have to do is go on the pitch and try to do the best I can for the club. Roy Keane was an amazing captain for the club, one of the best as everyone says. I didn’t have the chance to see much from him, only last few years, but was a great player that won everything for the club. He’s massively respected from everyone and has all my respect. He has to give his opinion in a programme and this is what he thinks about me. What I’m doing on the pitch to try to change his mind, or trying to do something that he probably sees as a good thing. Obviously, I do it in my own way, I don’t want to copy anyone. I try to be the best captain that I can for my teammates, I try to help everyone in the best way I can and the best way I know. I have a lot of things to improve, not only as a captain but as a player, as a person, as a human being and that’s fine. Criticism is going to be always part and it’s going to make me grow and understand that there’s still a long way to go.

I sat with the club because I had an offer to leave, we talked about the possibility of me leaving the club or staying. They said what they wanted from me. I just asked if they still see me as part of the future of the club or not. I spoke at the time with Ten Hag also. He was very clear with me, the club was very clear with me, that they thought I would be a big part of this rebuild that they want to do in a different way. I heard what they had to tell me. I thought that we could be successful. Unfortunately, we didn’t start the season very well. Erik had to lose his job by the results we had and the performance we had, but the fault was on everyone and everyone together with the manager.

Now we are in a different moment with a new manager that thinks in a different way, that has a different way of playing. I’m still very happy at the club, I’m being always happy at the club to play for this club, to represent the club is a big honour for me. It doesn’t matter where we are in the league, it will always be an honour for me to be at this club and I will try my best to keep the club fighting for everything we can.”

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Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.

The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992 the left and the right, but he’s not got any sense of danger yet, and empties the midfield area too readily.