MUFC Cannot Give Bruno Fernandes A Blank Cheque – Strachan

Manchester United cannot bow to all of Bruno Fernandes’ contract demands, Gordon Strachan has said. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

Stressing that MUFC cannot give the Portuguese international everything he wants, Gordon stated that the club should not make the mistake of giving Fernandes a blank cheque as Liverpool did with Salah.

Strachan added that Bruno cannot get as much money as possible because of the ripple effect the decision will have on the rest of the team.

His words, “They said that with Salah – ‘must sign him’. Jamie Carragher, ‘give him everything he wants’.

You can’t do that, give him everything he wants. He wants £600,000 a week. No, we can’t do that because if we give him £600,000 a week, the guys underneath will be wanting £250,000, £300,000, £400,000. You just can’t go, ‘give him what he wants, must sign him’.

What needs to happen in the team to make this not such a big deal is to be a better team, a more rounded team. That then takes away the fear of losing Bruno Fernandes.

But I can see the fear right now because everything that happens at Man United is through this guy. Everything.

I’ve got to say, if I was a player at Man United, I’d be feeling a bit embarrassed myself. You know, ‘how we can we let this fella do everything?’ It’s a bit like us with Bryan Robson. He was doing everything but at least we tried to help him, got a few goals.

But it must be hard for him. I would like to see the rest of the players become a more rounded team that doesn’t become all about Bruno Fernandes. You can’t just can’t say, ‘let’s sign him’. What contract? To 36, 37?

As I said, Mo Salah should be the warning for this type of player, this type of moment in a career.

Give him everything he wants, then you go, ‘oh, we shouldn’t have done that because he’s not had a great season’. But it was always coming. You just cannot say, ‘give him what you want’. It just doesn’t work that way.”