Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes said he was really sad when Declan Rice chose to join Arsenal. He recently had his say while speaking on JoelBeyaTV’s YouTube channel, and fans have been reacting.
Revealing that he and Rice used to train together years ago, Bruno shared that he always thought the England international was a perfect fit for MUFC.
Fernandes added that Declan has definitely been one of the standout players in the EPL this season.
His words, “To be honest, I admire him a lot, first of all as a person, because I know him from the Algarve when we were training together and everything.
Obviously, I knew him already from West Ham and we all knew the qualities he had and I have always said that I thought Rice was a player to play for Man United.
I was really sad when he chose to go to Arsenal, I don’t know if there was the opportunity or the chance to come to Manchester United, but I always thought that he would be the perfect fit for our club.
Not just for the player he is but for the person he is, for the professional, he showed me that he is in for his personality and I think what he has been doing this season is a different position, it is a different style of play.
He is a player that does not need to get in this position, he does not need to assist as much, he does not need to score as much, because he demands different things.
The way Arsenal play is different from the way we play, so we can’t compare the players but what we can say is that he has been one of the standout players from the Premier League this season.
As I said before, I am very happy I won it [the FWA Player of the Year award] but if Declan had won this award, it would have been deserved too.
I don’t think he is the best player or whatever in the league, it is just, in a season where you have to choose between players and obviously numbers make a lot of weight in the decision.
I think I had a brilliant season and I could add that to my game, obviously for Dec it is more difficult for him to get that because he plays a little bit deeper.
And still, I think he is an amazing player and if he got this award, I would have messaged him and said congratulations, as I did when he got into the final of the Champions League.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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