Bruno Fernandes Feels Disappointment Over Declan Rice Choosing Arsenal Rather Than Manchester United

Bruno Fernandes has received the PFA Football Writers Player of the Year accolade and is in the running for the Premier League Player of the Season prize.

The 31 year old has delivered a remarkable personal performance for Manchester United this season. He requires just one more assist to eclipse the Premier League single season benchmark of 21, a mark shared by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne.

Enhancing his superb playmaking are eight goals, with the Portuguese talent generating an impressive 29 goal contributions in the Premier League this year.

Such outstanding figures deserve recognition through all major individual honours, and Manchester Uniteds number eight would likely have netted additional strikes had Declan Rice been his teammate.

I have long maintained that Declan Rice belonged at Manchester United, and I felt genuine disappointment when he opted for Arsenal, Bruno remarked during a chat with Joel Baya.

I consistently viewed him as an ideal match for our team.

He acknowledged that Rice would have integrated seamlessly at Manchester United and expressed sorrow upon his transfer to Arsenal from West Ham for £105 million in 2023.

Declan Rice caught Manchester Uniteds attention in 2021 during Ole Gunnar Solskjaers tenure, as the previous coach revealed conversations regarding a potential acquisition.

Eventually no transfer occurred, leading United to secure Raphael Varane in his place.