Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes has disclosed that his wife convinced him to turn down Saudi Arabia’s mouth-watering offer to remain at Old Trafford.
The 31-year-old United captain was linked with a big-money move to the Saudi Pro League, and it has been reported his agent, Miguel Pinho, was in talks with Al-Hilal over a possible £100m transfer.
Speaking with the Wayne Rooney Show podcast, the Portuguese international stated that his wife played a big role in his decision to stay at Manchester United last summer.
“I stayed because I thought I still had something that I can give back to the club,” Fernandes said on the Wayne Rooney show podcast.
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“Obviously the Saudi situation, with the money… there was a lot. The good thing I have in my family is that my wife is pretty down to earth like me.
“We’re very aware that we don’t want to be the richest person in the world. We just want to be the ones that have achieved the dreams they had and live a good life with their kids and trying to be as successful as possible.
“The words of my wife were like, ‘have you achieved your dreams? Have you achieved everything you wanted?
“And that small thing she said made me understand that she’s on the same page as me. Let’s keep trying and see where this takes me.”
