Wayne Rooney said he thinks Bruno Fernandes will not be at Manchester United next season. The comments came after the recent dispute involving Fernandes and Michael Carrick.
Rooney's view
Asked on The United Stand if he thinks this is Fernandes’s last season at Man Utd, Rooney said: "Yeah, I do."
Rooney also said: "I think, I think with what’s happened, I think the fans showed, you know, they almost took Michael Carrick’s side, didn’t they, in the Bournemouth game?"
He added: "I think that will hurt him, so I think this will be his last, I think, from either whether it’s the club’s decision or it’s his decision, I probably think it will be his last."
What happened
On October 21, after Manchester United's 4-1 defeat to Como in Italy in the Champions League, Fernandes criticised Carrick's tactics.
Carrick responded by dropping Fernandes for the Premier League game against Bournemouth at Old Trafford on October 25. Fernandes watched from the bench as Manchester United lost 3-0.
Fernandes then returned to the team and started in Manchester United's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.
Contract position
Fernandes is under contract at Manchester United until the summer of 2027, with an option to extend it by another year.
Wyness comments
Former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness told Football Insider on November 1: "I think what they will do is they will probably invoke his option to preserve value, and I think they may well sell him in the summer."
Wyness also said: "Amorim and AC Milan have got an interest, and I could see that sort of thing happening quite easily."
He added: "There is a festering wound that needs to be sorted out. And I do expect him to go."
Wyness said: "It could even be January, but United will still get a decent value if they invoke that option of the extra year, and that’s how I expect it to go. His days at United are numbered from now on."
