Bruno Fernandes unhappy with sloppy performance vs Everton while also calling for more new players before the season.
Bruno Fernandes criticises ‘lazy’ Manchester United and calls for more signings.
After Manchester United’s 2-2 preseason match with Everton, captain Bruno Fernandes blasted his club, calling for more reinforcements and branding their performance “lazy.”
After Iliman Ndiaye cancelled out Fernandes’s first goal, Mason Mount’s strike in the second half put United on track to win in Atlanta, Georgia. However, Everton was awarded the draw by an odd own goal by Ayden Heaven in the 75th minute.
After promising wins over Bournemouth and West Ham United, the outcome somewhat dampened United’s US tour.
“It’s been important for developing how we want to play and getting the new players involved too,” Fernandes told NBC Sports. “We didn’t want to finish in this way. Our performance wasn’t the best and we were a little bit lazy today. We want to avoid that because with laziness you can pay at any moment.”
“It’s improving,” Fernandes said. “But it’s not the place it needs to be. I don’t want to take a dig at anyone but the club is doing the best they can in terms of the financial situation they talk about.
“But it was crystal clear we needed more competition for the players that were here, more quality to get everyone to step up a little more to get to the XI, and I think that is what the club are trying to do. Hopefully we can get one or two players more to help with that.”
Asked about Fernandes’s comments, Ruben Amorim said: “I think I’m happy for the players to have that feeling. It’s saying that they understand the situation. So, it’s a good feeling.
“I think the momentum of the tour was perfect. We had the weeks to work with a good environment, good feeling, and then we go back to Carrington and we are near to start the season. We are going with the feeling that we need to do a lot of things [better].”