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Fernandes slamming Man Utd teammates speaks volumes after leaked WhatsApp rant

mirror.co.uk, 24 June 2022, 15:13
The Red Devils midfielder is never one to shy away from letting a teammate know when they have fallen below the required standard - something that dates back to his Sporting days

Footage has emerged showing Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes telling his two Red Devils teammates, Alex Telles and Fred, to 'film his d***' in an extraordinary outburst.

The Portugal international's foul-mouthed rant was caught on camera by his two United colleagues who were filming something while at the club's Carrington training base. Fernandes said what many fans may have wanted to hear after the dismal season just gone by telling the pair to stop filming and focus on football.

The exchange was filmed as part of Telles' 'A day in the life' video with Brazilian football marketing agency O Clube Football. Both Telles and Fred were lingering in the training ground car park before Fernandes could be heard shouting in Portuguese: "Stop being such 'ballers!"

United's talented playmaker added: "You are here to play football, not film it," before instructing the camera crew to: "Film my d**k." It has sparked an interesting debate among United fans online acknowledging that while that outburst is likely to have hardly helped matters from within the dressing room, Fernandes boasts the kind of attitude needed from more at Old Trafford.

While the 27-year-old is famed for his fancy footwork and technical flair, Fernandes can also mix it with the best of them when it comes to a heated coming together. That hot-headed streak is something that coaches clearly seem to enjoy and Fernandes is no stranger to angry tirades at teammates.

During his time at boyhood club Sporting CP prior to his move to Manchester, Fernandes recorded a furious voice note slamming the performances of his teammates after one disastrous display.

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The voice note was subsequently leaked, with the now-United fan-favourite quoted as saying, per Portuguese publication Record: "Bro, I don't say anything! I honestly, if you want me to tell you, I'd rather not comment on anything.

"I think very badly of some of the attitudes of some players. Actually not a certain attitude, it's an attitude that does not exist. There are players who have no attitude here, bro. They don't want to be here, they don't want to play.

"They don't want to be here then f*** off, let them say they don't want to play. They spend a year here getting money, and then they f*** off, bro. S*** attitude bro, for f**** sake."

Fernandes wasted precious little time in showing the United faithful that he would not cower to anyone when he had a brief touchline spat with Pep Guardiola, manager of fierce rivals Manchester City just two months after joining the club in early 2020.

The midfielder put his finger to his lips and told the City boss to be quiet, a gesture he stood by after the game. "Some people think like, 'Pep won everything, who is Bruno to do this to him?'," Fernandes added. "But I think it's about respect. Now, outside of the pitch, calm, I don't do this again if I'm on the pitch now.

"But at that moment, the words he told me made me mad and on the pitch, I'm a little bit nervous. It's the kind of player I am."

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