Bruno Fernandes has hinted that Cristiano Ronaldo is still looking to leave Man Utd in the summer transfer window.
Ronaldo started on the bench as the Red Devils beat Liverpool 2-1 on Monday night, coming off the bench for the final four minutes plus stoppage time.
Anthony Martial was preferred in attack to the Portugal international and Erik ten Hag explained his reasons for the change, he said: “Liverpool are a great team in and out of possession, you need to press them, and you have to do that out of a block, so you need a lot of energy.
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“In transition you can beat them, so that’s why we’ve signed with Rashford, Elanga and Sancho up front.”
His absence from the starting XI will only increase transfer speculation after he made it clear earlier in the summer that he wants to leave Man Utd if they receive a suitable offer for his services.
Last Wednesday, Ronaldo insisted that everyone will know the whole truth once the transfer window shuts with the Man Utd striker hitting out at the media’s “lies”.
In response to an Instagram message from one of his fan groups, he wrote: “They (will) know the truth when they interview in a couple weeks. The media is telling lies.
“I have a notebook and in the last few months of the 100 news I made, only five were right. Imagine how it is. Stick with that tip.”
And now his Man Utd and international team-mate Fernandes has said that he will be “personally happy” for Ronaldo if he decides to leave this summer.
When asked about Ronaldo’s future, Fernandes told Eleven Sports: “There is a lot of speculation, but there is no one better than Cristiano to talk about it.
“I may know a thing or two, but I won’t be the one to say it. Cristiano is calm, he worked well this week, he did his work as he has been doing, he will continue to do so.
“For now he is a United player, I don’t know about his future, if he will leave or if he will not leave. As he said, he will speak soon and they will have time to hear his words and what he has to say.
“I don’t think anyone has shown so far that there was no interest in Cristiano not staying. He can continue at a high level and give us a lot of goals but it’s his decision.
“We have to respect what he wants to do, whatever he wants to do. If he’s going to stay, we’ll be happy about it, if he’s going to leave because he thinks it’s best for him,…
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