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Bruno Fernandes has carried Manchester United at times this season - Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith
Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal are prepared to offer Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes more than £1 million a week.
Al-Hilal are in the market for a marquee signing after Mohamed Salah opted to stay at Liverpool and have identified Fernandes as a leading target.
The Riyadh-based club are thought to have held exploratory talks with Fernandes’s camp and are believed to be ready to offer the United midfielder four to five times his existing £250,000-a-week salary at Old Trafford.
Fernandes, 30, who has 19 goals and 18 assists in all competitions for United this season despite the team’s woes, has been a player of interest to Saudi for the past 12 months at least.
The Portugal international has revealed he had offers to leave United last summer, but decided to stay following talks with the club, and extended his deal until 2027, with the option of a 12-month extension.
United maintain that Fernandes is not for sale this summer and remains a key part of Ruben Amorim’s rebuilding plans.
But if Al-Hilal were to be given some encouragement by Fernandes that he was open to a move, it remains to be seen whether United could resist a substantial offer for a player who is due to turn 31 in September, even one as influential and important as the Portuguese.
Joao Cancelo and Ruben Neves, Fernandes’s Portugal team-mates, currently play for Al-Hilal.
Wolves forward Matheus Cunha, Brentford attacker Bryan Mbeumo and Ipswich Town striker Liam Delap are among United’s targets this summer as Amorim attempts to revamp the squad and the head coach will have to sell to raise funds to reinvest if he is to secure the players he wants.
United’s budget will depended on whether they win the Europa League and, with it, secure Champions League qualification and the valuable revenues that come with it.
Amorim’s side face Athletic Bilbao in the second leg of their semi-final at Old Traffordon Thursday.
United hold a commanding 3-0 lead from the first leg in Spain last week and will play either Tottenham or Bodo/Glimt in the final if they get there.
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