{"id":16572,"date":"2026-11-13T06:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/fernandes-rejects-second-man-united-contract-offer\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T06:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:30:59","slug":"fernandes-rejects-second-man-united-contract-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/fernandes-rejects-second-man-united-contract-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes Rejects Second Man United Contract Offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has rejected a second contract offer from the club, with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s first proposal was made in the summer when talks first began over a new contract, but it was turned down by Fernandes, according to Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>United hold an option to extend the 32-year-old\u2019s stay at Old Trafford for a further year and also prevent him from speaking to foreign clubs in January over the possibility of a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Fernandes was the subject of interest from Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal.<\/p>\n<p>Talks are expected to continue between Fernandes and United, with the club making it clear they want their captain to remain at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fernandes-needs-to-leave-european-football-for-saudi-arabia-scholes\/\">Fernandes Needs To Leave European Football For Saudi Arabia  \u2014 Scholes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fernandes was named PFA Player of the Year in August after he recorded 21 assists last season to break a Premier League record.<\/p>\n<p>Mauricio Pochettino is expected to be announced as United\u2019s new head coach on Friday after Michael Carrick was sacked on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes admitted in 2019 he almost signed for the Argentine that summer when he was at Tottenham, but the move was blocked by Sporting.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has rejected a second contract offer from the club, with his current deal due to expire at the end of the season. The club\u2019s first&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}