Bruno Fernandes says in England: “Even if it killed me...”

Neil Warnock defended, in an interview given to the Saturday edition of the British newspaper Mirror, that Michael Carrick erred in the way he managed the controversy caused by the ‘bombastic’ statements made by Bruno Fernandes on October 21, after the heavy defeat suffered by Manchester United, in the trip to Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, before Como, by 4-1.

“If it were me, I would have played with Fernandes, even if he had slaughtered me. I'd put my arm around him because I want to win! I have to win, and he's the best player, so I'd put my arm around him and tell him, "Listen, you made a mistake doing that. You pointed my finger and all that, but I want you to prove me wrong today,” said the 77-year-old coach.

The Portuguese international, remember, publicly pointed out the coach of the red devils as the main culprit of the outcome of the meeting of the third day of the league phase of the Champions League, so, the following weekend, he was referred to the bench of alternates, in the unveiling in the middle of Old Trafford, before Bournemouth, for 0-3, from where he did not leave, until the end of 90 minutes.

The captain of the historic English formation would eventually be ‘forgave’ and returned to the team last Saturday, when he fought the totality of another defeat, this time against Chelsea, on the trip to Stamford Bridge, by 2-0. After the final whistle for one of the ‘poster head’ games of the ninth Premier League journey, he addressed the supporters, visibly thrilled, in a way of ‘reconciliation’.

“Manchester United spends money as never before and has seen and has not yet got a defense”

However, former team helmsman like Crystal Palace, Sheffield United or Leeds United did not stick around, and became batteries for Manchester United's own direction, which he held responsible for the pickpocket of player hires that fell short of expectations over the last few years: “They spend money on advanceds, they spend money on mediums like never before, and they still don’t have a defense.”.

“ I don’t understand how a top club like that can’t hire defenses, they don’t even have a single side that can defend”, he shot, before giving the eternal rival, Arsenal, as an example: “They could have hired [Ezri] Konsa this year. Why didn't you spend the money like that? They preferred to spend £100 million on a medium, even if the defenses cannot defend it.”.

“If nothing changes, they will have difficulties. Whoever comes, will have difficulties (...). We look at clubs like Brighton or Bournemouth, and we find that they work well, but when we look at Manchester United, if the recruiting department can’t see what I’ve seen over the past five years, then it’s because something wrong is going on elsewhere,” he concluded.