Bruno Fernandes opens up about Cristiano Ronaldo

Bruno Fernandes gave an interview to the English sports digital portal ‘The Athletic’. Here, various current issues were discussed, including his relationship with Cristiano Ronaldo same as Man Utd as in the choice of Portugalin addition to the current situation regarding the Portuguese star, but also in some stages of the past of the trajectory of Bruno.

About his relationship with christian, Bruno He showed signs of the great friendship the two had and insisted his fitness had not been affected Cristiano Ronaldo last season, what else, he thinks he’s benefiting from him on the pitch.

“Not much to decide Ronaldo? Most of my assists last season went to him, so I don’t think so. I just had a bad time in terms of statistics. I don’t think it compares to christian“.

Following the CR7it was obviously not missed rivalry between the ‘red devils’ and the Portuguese at the beginning of the season, where he declared that he did not know what happened, although he called him to worry about him and defend his decision, because christian He was always at his worst moment.

“You have to respect everyone’s decision. I don’t know what christian He said to the club, to the coach, I don’t know what’s going on in his head, but we have to respect his space. The only thing I asked christianwhen he doesn’t show up (to training), if everything is fine in the family, he tells me what’s going on, that’s all and nothing else.”

“When I missed (the penalty) against Arsenal in April, it was him (Cristiano Ronaldo) who gave me the ball and told me: ‘Go and score’. I failed, but I felt that he trusted me to be the one to step up and score in the big moment.”

Fernandes He also spoke of the treatment he received upon arriving at Manchester United, when in his first few games he did not perform as expected due to his high profile, after arriving at Old Trafford for €63 million. The Portuguese did not hesitate to compare his situation with Nicolas Pepe to Arsenal, who arrived for 80 million euros in 2019 and, despite an unexpected performance, had wider sleeves on the Ivorian, who is currently on loan at Nice.

“The (Nicolas Pepe) had some bad matches and everyone says: ‘He still needs to adapt’, but when Bruno had a bad game, it was simply because he was complaining or not concentrating on the game. For me, that’s good because it means I’m ready and that’s why they asked so much of me.”

Finally, he has also checked the passing of three different coaches in his two and a half seasons with the ‘red devil’. On Erik Ten Hag highlights his discipline, which he believes the team lacks, Ralf Rannick He maintained that he did his best even though he didn’t quite fit into the squad, and Ole Gunnar Solskjær highlighting their good relationship that they still maintain.

“The (Erik Ten Hag) has an idea. It has style. You have to follow their rules. He is strict here and I like it. It brought discipline, something I think we lacked in the past. Ralf Rannick he tried his best. He is a good coach with good ideas, but they don’t fit everyone, and Solskjær he still sends me messages to congratulate me on certain things. He is the person I want to be with. I told him before he left the club.”