Bruno Fernandes Criticises ‘lazy’ Manchester United And Calls For More Signings

Manchester United’s captain, Bruno Fernandes, fto rip astatine his teammates aft their 2-2 pre-season tie pinch Everton, saying their capacity was “lazy” and calling for further reinforcements.

A second-half extremity from Mason Mount had United connected people for triumph successful Atlanta, Georgia, aft Fernandes’s opener was cancelled retired by Iliman Ndiaye, but a bizarre 75th-minute ain extremity by Ayden Heaven talented Everton nan draw.

The consequence put a flimsy damper connected United’s circuit of nan US, aft promising victories complete West Ham United and Bournemouth.

“It’s been important for processing really we want to play and getting nan caller players progressive too,” Fernandes told NBC Sports. “We didn’t want to decorativeness successful this way. Our capacity wasn’t nan champion and we were a small spot lazy today. We want to debar that because pinch laziness you tin salary astatine immoderate moment.”

United had their worst Premier League run past season, finishing 15th, and person signed Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo – some of whom started against Everton.

“It’s improving,” Fernandes said. “But it’s not nan spot it needs to be. I don’t want to return a excavation astatine anyone but nan nine is doing nan champion they tin successful position of nan financial business they talk about.

“But it was crystal clear we needed much title for nan players that were here, much value to get everyone to measurement up a small much to get to nan XI, and I deliberation that is what nan nine are trying to do. Hopefully we tin get 1 aliases 2 players much to thief pinch that.”

Asked astir Fernandes’s comments, Ruben Amorim said: “I deliberation I’m happy for nan players to person that feeling. It’s saying that they understand nan situation. So, it’s a bully feeling.

“I deliberation nan momentum of nan circuit was perfect. We had nan weeks to activity pinch a bully environment, bully feeling, and past we spell backmost to Carrington and we are adjacent to commencement nan season. We are going pinch nan emotion that we request to do a batch of things [better].”

The head said during nan US circuit that he hoped to beryllium pinch nan nine for 2 decades. “I want to enactment 20 [years]. That is my goal. I genuinely judge successful that.”

Amorim said he had a affirmative narration pinch nan co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who heads nan shot operation. “It’s really easy to woody pinch Jim. If you cognize your stuff, really to explicate immoderate decision, you’ll beryllium fine. I cognize he’s nan proprietor of nan club, I cognize my place. But erstwhile I request to opportunity something, I’m really direct. I deliberation it’s thing he likes a lot.”