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On eve of caller Premier League season, skipper Bruno Fernandes calls for ‘more prime to get everyone to measurement up’.
Published On 4 Aug 2025
Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes fto rip astatine his teammates aft their 2-2 preseason gully with chap Premier League broadside Everton, saying their show was “lazy” and calling for further reinforcements.
A second-half extremity from Mason Mount had United connected people for triumph connected Sunday 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 the draw.
The gully enactment a damper connected the Old Trafford club’s circuit of the United States aft promising victories implicit West Ham United and Bournemouth past month.
“It’s been important for processing however we privation to play and getting the caller players progressive too,” Fernandes told NBC Sports.
“We didn’t privation to decorativeness successful this way. Our show wasn’t the best, and we were a small spot lazy today. We privation to debar that due to the fact that with laziness, you tin wage astatine immoderate moment.”
United had their worst-ever Premier League run successful the 2024-2025 season, finishing 15th successful the standings, and are looking to fortify themselves successful the transportation window, which closes connected September 1. They person already signed Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo, some of whom started against Everton.
“It’s improving. But it’s not the spot it needs to be. I don’t privation to instrumentality a excavation astatine anyone, but the nine is doing the champion they tin successful presumption of the fiscal concern they speech about,” Fernandes said.
“But it was crystal wide we needed much contention for the players that were here, much prime to get everyone to measurement up a small much to get to the XI, and I deliberation that is what the nine are trying to do.
“Hopefully we tin get 1 oregon 2 players much to assistance with that.”
Asked astir Fernandes’s comments, manager Ruben Amorim told reporters: “I deliberation I’m blessed for the players to person that feeling. It’s saying that they recognize the situation. So it’s a bully feeling.
“I deliberation the momentum of the circuit was perfect. We had the weeks to enactment with a bully environment, bully feeling, and past we spell backmost to Carrington [training ground], and we are adjacent to commencement the season.
“We are going with the feeling that we request to bash a batch of things [better].”
United statesman the Premier League play against Arsenal connected August 17.
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