{"id":2061,"date":"2025-08-04T11:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/fernandes-labels-man-utd-lazy-and-calls-for-more-signings\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:41:26","slug":"fernandes-labels-man-utd-lazy-and-calls-for-more-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/fernandes-labels-man-utd-lazy-and-calls-for-more-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernandes labels Man Utd \u2018lazy\u2019 and calls for more signings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On eve of new Premier League season, captain Bruno Fernandes calls for \u2018more quality to get everyone to step up\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes let rip at his teammates after their 2-2 preseason draw with fellow Premier League side Everton, saying their performance was \u201clazy\u201d and calling for further reinforcements.<\/p>\n

A second-half goal from Mason Mount had United on course for victory on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia, after Fernandes\u2019s opener was cancelled out by Iliman Ndiaye, but a bizarre 75th-minute own goal by Ayden Heaven gifted Everton the draw.<\/p>\n

The draw put a damper on the Old Trafford club\u2019s tour of the United States after promising victories over West Ham United and Bournemouth<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been important for developing how we want to play and getting the new players involved too,\u201d Fernandes told NBC Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to finish in this way. Our performance wasn\u2019t the best, and we were a little bit lazy today. We want to avoid that because with laziness, you can pay at any moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

United had their worst-ever Premier League campaign in the 2024-2025 season, finishing 15th in the standings, and are looking to strengthen themselves in the transfer window, which closes on September 1. They have already signed Matheus Cunha<\/a> and Bryan Mbeumo<\/a>, both of whom started against Everton.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s improving. But it\u2019s not the place it needs to be. I don\u2019t 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<\/a>,\u201d Fernandes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully we can get one or two players more to help with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked about Fernandes\u2019s comments, manager Ruben Amorim told reporters: \u201cI think I\u2019m happy for the players to have that feeling. It\u2019s saying that they understand the situation. So it\u2019s a good feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going with the feeling that we need to do a lot of things [better].\u201d<\/p>\n

United begin the Premier League season against Arsenal on August 17.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera Sport<\/a> will have our usual comprehensive build-up and full text commentary of the game.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On eve of new Premier League season, captain Bruno Fernandes calls for \u2018more quality to get everyone to step up\u2019. Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes let rip at his teammates after their 2-2 preseason draw with fellow Premier League side Everton, saying their performance was \u201clazy\u201d and calling for further reinforcements. A second-half goal from … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}