I’m An Intense Player Who Is Difficult To Understand – Bruno Fernandes

Manchester United midfielder, Bruno Fernandes has come out to explain why he so often gesticulates wildly when on the pitch. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, even if he knows that his gesticulations often convey the image of having a bad temper, he is just an intense footballer who is difficult to understand.

Bruno added that there will always be people who like his behavior on the field, and others who do not.

His words, “This [being demanding] often conveys the image of bad temper, because it comes from the way we experience the game, from how we are so intense… and intense players are difficult to understand. I have this notion that there are probably a lot of people who don’t like certain things I do, but in every locker room I go to, I always say that if a player doesn’t feel comfortable with the way I talk to him, with the way I convey the message to you, I am open to not doing it or to trying to do it in another way.

I [have] never had that ‘don’t talk to me like that’ confrontation. I have had the perception of players who feel very down if someone talks to them or if I talk to them. It’s a little natural. I don’t think much about this issue. Many times it goes well, many times it goes badly. There are people who like it, others who don’t like it. There are people who see pointing as bragging, because for us in the field it is difficult to convey messages in the way we are here talking. It’s practically impossible. Normally, we have to use our arms more, gesture. We are too far away from each other to be able to understand the messages we want to convey to each other.”

WOW.

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, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.