{"id":1135543,"date":"2020-03-08T13:21:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T13:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1135543"},"modified":"2022-09-20T23:37:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:37:15","slug":"pep-guardiola-denies-sign-man-utd-bruno-fernandes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/pep-guardiola-denies-sign-man-utd-bruno-fernandes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pep Guardiola denies trying to sign Man Utd midfielder Bruno Fernandes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span id=\"urn:enhancement-555bc6d8\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Manchester City<\/span> boss <span id=\"urn:enhancement-c4f0fb54\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Pep Guardiola<\/span> has denied reports suggesting he was keen to sign Bruno Fernandes before the midfielder joined Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old <span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.4);\">Portugal international <\/span>completed a long-awaited move to Old Trafford from Sporting Portugal in January after being heavily linked to the <span id=\"urn:enhancement-4cbbfc97\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Red Devils<\/span> for several months.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fernandes&#8217; impact at Man Utd: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"urn:enhancement-67ecb35\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/manchester_united\">Man Utd<\/span> signed Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Portugal in January 2020 for a reported fee of \u00a347m.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s since registered three goals and two assists in seven matches across three different competitions.<\/li>\n<li>Man Utd boss <span id=\"urn:enhancement-b08f2084\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/ole_gunnar_solskjaer\">Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/span> has described him as &#8220;old school&#8221; due to his enthusiasm for the game.<\/li>\n<li>Prior to joining Man Utd, he was linked to both <span id=\"urn:enhancement-81b62400\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> and <span id=\"urn:enhancement-e5b19939\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/tottenham_hotspur_f-c\">Spurs<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"urn:enhancement-1b4772e5\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Man City<\/span> were another club seemingly linked with the midfielder but <span id=\"urn:enhancement-96047085\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-person\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Guardiola<\/span> says Fernandes was not on his radar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7523209<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd&#8217;s interest dominated last summer&#8217;s transfer window, but acquiring the highly touted midfielder proved to be an elongated process and they weren&#8217;t the only Premier League clubs reported to be keeping tabs on Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Champions League finalists Liverpool and Tottenham were both credited with an interest. Spurs even made a bid but their &#8220;serious offer&#8221; wasn&#8217;t good enough, according to Sporting president Frederico Varandas.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes eventually signed for Man Utd during the January 2020 transfer window and since joining the Red Devils he&#8217;s galvanised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s men in their pursuit of silverware and Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>He is certain to line up against <span id=\"urn:enhancement-d738c038\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/pep_guardiola\">Man City<\/span> when the Premier League champions visit Old Trafford on Sunday but there was no chance of him wearing blue as far as Guardiola is concerned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1135481\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-utd-man-city-predictions-team-news-line-ups-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1135481\" class=\"wp-image-1135481 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/06171544\/1135305_1135305_manchester-united-manchester-city-football-index.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1135481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-utd-man-city-predictions-team-news-line-ups-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Man Utd vs Man City predictions, team news &amp; possible XIs<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I said many times it looks like we are linked with a thousand million players every month,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if the agents want to create something to do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think the club was not in talks with his agent about this player, but they link this guy and a thousand million more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what it means &#8216;my type of player&#8217;. I like defenders too and good headers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe too much that these players are perfect for this team and manager. But I think he is an exceptional player and that is why Man United bought him.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has denied reports suggesting he was keen to sign Bruno Fernandes before the midfielder joined Manchester United. The 25-year-old Portugal international completed a long-awaited move to Old Trafford from Sporting Portugal in January after being heavily linked to the Red Devils for several months. 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