Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has revealed what he requested from shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe earlier than committing his future to the membership earlier this month.
Mumblings of discontent got here from the Portugal worldwide in direction of the tip of final season when he admitted he might depart the Crimson Devils in the event that they needed to rebuild with out him.
Nonetheless, the attacking midfielder has since signed a brand new three-year contract at Previous Trafford.
United might solely end eighth final time period – their worst return within the Premier League period – that means they won’t play within the Champions League this 12 months regardless of salvaging their 2023/24 marketing campaign with a rousing FA Cup victory over Manchester Metropolis that helped supervisor Erik ten Hag hold his job.
New co-owners INEOS have been busy in the course of the summer time switch window, bringing in Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui, and Fernandes has admitted he’s joyful to see United making clear progress off the pitch.
He informed the membership’s web site: “The membership knew that I need to compete with one of the best groups. They knew that we would have liked to enhance the group. And I believe that we’re doing that.
“Clearly, I stated to them: ‘I don’t want you to vow me that we’re going to win the league’. As a result of no-one can promise that. However not less than that we’ll have a group to compete and be aggressive by way of the season, to attempt to obtain silverware and to compete within the highest ranges.
“I believe the membership is doing that. It’s making an attempt to convey individuals in to get extra gamers with high quality within the group; to get extra aggressive, [so everyone is] preventing in your place.