While the end of the season was lively for Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes, voted best player in the Premier League, wanted to respond publicly to the criticisms made by Roy Keane, following comments deemed distorted around his quest for the record for assists in the Premier League. The Mancunian captain, author of a successful exercise on a statistical level and driving force behind the club’s return to the Champions League, insisting on the fact that he has never sought to favor an individual record to the detriment of the collective.
Bruno Fernandes also insisted on his relationship with critics and his desire to defuse the conflict: “I accept his criticism, I accept that he may or may not like me as a player, or as a person. But what I don’t like is that he attributes to me things that I didn’t say. It’s the only thing that displeases me.”he continued, while revealing that he had attempted direct contact to clarify the situation: “I even asked Ole (Solskjær) for his number to send him a message, to be honest, to tell him that I have nothing against criticism, but that I don’t like people to lie about what I say”. The message got through.
