Manchester United recently won the Premier League Summer Series ahead of the upcoming 2025/26 season.
The Red Devils drew 2-2 against Everton on Sunday, August 3, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
Man United opened their scoring with captain Bruno Fernandes successfully converting a penalty in the 19th minute. The Portuguese star then went on to assist Mason Mount, who netted the Red Devils’ second goal of the match in the 69th minute.
Speaking after the match, Fernandes expressed not being impressed by the squad’s performance, referring to their display as ‘lazy’ and told NBC Sports,
“It’s been important for developing how we want to play and getting the new players involved too. 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,” as per Al Jazeera.
While Man United have made a couple of signings in the summer transfer window, Fernandes pointed out that the Red Devils need more additions to the squad for the upcoming season.
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“It’s improving. 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.”
What did the Manchester United boss say about Bruno Fernandes’ remarks?
Man United head coach Ruben Amorim was asked to share his thoughts on Fernandes’ comments ahead of the upcoming campaign. To which the 40-year-old manager told reporters,
“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 [training ground], and we are near to start the season. We are going with the feeling that we need to do a lot of things [better].”
Man United are set to kick off their 2025/26 season with their opening Premier League match against Arsenal on August 17 at Old Trafford.
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