Bruno Fernandes has been seen taking a former Manchester United employee out to lunch in Manchester.
The Portuguese star has been United’s most productive player this season by some distance, scoring 16 goals and providing 18 assists, despite playing a significant portion of the season in a deeper midfield role.
In spite of his fine form, Fernandes has often been torn to pieces by pundits for his captaincy.
Former United skipper Roy Keane has been very vocal in his criticism of Fernandes as captain and has claimed that he just deals in “soundbites” for interviews.
Former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp, has also bizarrely opined that Fernandes would have no role at Sir Alex Ferguson’s United.
Nonetheless, most fans of the club know about the effort Fernandes makes to be a mentor figure in the dressing room and how deeply involved he is in the club.
The Sun reports such an example when Bruno Fernandes was “spotted taking an ex-Manchester United employee out for lunch.”
“Former communications officer, John Allen, was made redundant last summer amid a brutal wave of job cuts that saw 250 people lose their jobs.”
“The pair were seen heading to Juniper in Wilmslow, a hotspot for Man Utd players to enjoy lunch.”
Allen had been at the club for 25 years, starting in the ticket office before joining the media department in 2011.
Nonetheless, he was removed from his position during Ineos’ purge.
This is not the first time in which Fernandes has shown his love and care for those at the club beyond the playing staff.
He was reportedly shocked by the reduction in perks for the staff last year such as free travel down to London for the FA Cup final. As a result, he confronted the club executives and offered to pay the costs out of his own pocket, but his proposal was rejected.
The fans also clearly value his contribution as he was involved in the planning of United unveiling their first ever Tifo banner before tomorrow night’s crunch European quarter final against Olympique Lyonnais.
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Alex Browne
Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
