Bruno Fernandes slams ‘lazy' Man Utd performance and worryingly admits side are ‘not where they want to be'

The Sun

2 days ago

BRUNO Fernandes slammed Manchester United for being 'lazy' after their successful US tour ended with a display that brought all the echoes of last season's miseries.
United chief executive Omar Berrarda says the club is 'working round the clock' to strengthen Ruben Amorim 's squad.
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And the Old Trafford hierarchy may well intensify those efforts after United looked second best for long periods by David Moyes' men.
Fernandes' penalty and a beauty from Mason Mount twice put United in front in their final Summer Series game, only for comical errors to see Everton level through Iliman Ndiaye and an Ayden Heaven own goal.
And Fernandes, caught up in his own spat with Ndiaye in the lead-up to the second equaliser, admitted: 'It's not where we want it to be.
'It's every detail, every small detail matters. Our performance wasn't the best off the ball.
'We were a little bit lazy and we have to avoid that because the laziness you can pay at any moment. We need to change that.
'The situation is improving but we are not where this club needs to be.
'At this football club you can't do anything wrong on the pitch and off the pitch because it's too big worldwide and you get punished by that.
'The culture here was winning and we need to bring that back. Not only the winning mentality that we need, and I think that's always been there, but obviously if you don't win you don't show it.
'A lot of people have suffered from this, a lot of people who had been working at the club for many many years had to go.
'The fans are paying more for tickets and we appreciate all the effort they put in for us so now it's up to us to pay it back on the pitch.'
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Asked about Fernandes' stinging comments, Amorim insisted: 'I'm happy for the players to have that feeling. It's saying that they understand the situation.
'So it's a good feeling. Tomorrow we are going to travel, have one day off and we return to Carrington to work.
A lot of people who had been working at the club for many many years had to go.
Fernandes
'The understanding is that in this club everything is ups and downs. We understand that, but I prefer that feeling than it to be the other way.'
He added: ' We struggled a little bit, so it's just that feeling of not performing like we're supposed to do. But it was OK.
'We struggled a little bit with longer balls, not just the second balls, but the first balls. We struggled in the build-up, but we created chances and that is really important to win any match.
'You can perform, I don't like to say bad, but we can struggle a little bit in the game. But if you create chances you can win even that kind of game.'
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The performance put Berrada's comments about the ongoing transfer market moves into context.
United are in an arm-wrestle with Newcastle for £70m Leipzig striker Benjamin Sesko and Barrada said: 'We have a team back home led by Jason Wilcox, the recruitment team, that is working around the clock to ensure that we continue to find opportunities to strengthen our squad.
'There are lots of late calls and early morning meetings to make sure that we stay on top of it.
'The mood has been very good. The culture, the standards, the values, we are trying to ensure that we create a team spirit that allows the players to compete at the highest level.
'We have very high standards, Ruben is very clear about that and so is Jason. It is something we want to see with the players, with the staff, with everyone, because what we want to do is to win and to start winning titles as soon as possible.'