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Ruben Amorim thinks skipper Bruno Fernandes wants to stay at Manchester United amid interest from free-spending Saudi side Al-Hilal.
Fernandes won the club’s player of the year award for a record-equalling fourth time having been a shining light during the Red Devils’ worst top-flight campaign since suffering relegation in 1973-74.
Last week’s Europa League final loss to Tottenham compounded matters, with the financial hit of missing out on Champions League qualification – and European football entirely – damaging Amorim’s rebuild.
Fernandes admitted after the loss in Bilbao that United could end up cashing in on him, with Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal pushing to sign the 30-year-old playmaker ahead of the Club World Cup.
The Portugal international led United out as they rounded off their post-season trip to Asia with a 3-1 friendly win against Hong Kong.
Asked whether that might have been Fernandes’ last United appearance, head coach Amorim said: “I don’t think so.
“I don’t know for sure, nobody knows, but I don’t think so. I think he is seeing us taking some actions to change all the things and I think that is all that he asked. I think he wants to stay.
“He’s saying no to a lot of things, but it shows that he wants to win and I think he’s really young, he’s really good. He needs to be in the best league in the world.”
Fernandes is reportedly giving serious consideration to the big-money proposal, with Al-Hilal said to be willing to triple the United skipper’s salary and pay the Premier League club up to £100million.
That figure would help fund this summer’s much-needed rebuild as United navigate profit and sustainability rules.
Pushed on whether United could turn down such a fee, Amorim said: “Yes, yes. We can find another way to earn money.”
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Kevin De Bruyne is poised to return to action as champions Manchester City host Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Belgium playmaker has not featured since suffering a knee injury in August but returned to training before the recent international break.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, manager Pep Guardiola said: “I don’t know if he is able to play 90 minutes but he has trained well in the last two weeks without pain. He is ready to be part of the group.”
File photo dated 06-10-2018 of Manchester United's Luke Shaw who has signed a new five-year deal with Manchester United, the Premier League club have announced.
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Despite a smattering of rain drops ahead of the shootout for pole, Mercedes elected to send Hamilton out on slick rubber, and it proved to be the right call.
In contrast, Vettel, and his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, were both on track using the intermediate tyre, and they had to stop for slicks.
By the time Vettel was ready to post a fast lap, a rain shower left the German exposed, and after he made a mistake by running off the track at the Spoon Curve in the damp conditions, he finished more than four seconds adrift of Hamilton.
Raikkonen was fourth. The shower intensified, and there would be no challenge to Hamilton, who cruised to his 80th career pole.
“I never in a million years though I would get to 80 poles,” he said. “(Ferrari’s mistake) adds to the championship momentum.
“It is so difficult to make the right call, but that is another real big difference that we as a team have made this year.
“When it comes to being under pressure, and making the right calls, that is why were are the best team in the world.”
Andrew Strauss is standing down as the England and Wales Cricket Board’s director of cricket following a spell of compassionate leave, the governing body has announced.
Graphic of Oliver Fisher's round of 59 at the Portugal Masters
