Topics: Manchester United, Bruno Fernandes, FA Cup, Football, Premier League
Manchester United have been forced to issue a statement following a series of posts made from Bruno Fernandes' Twitter account after it was hacked.
United captain Fernandes has recently returned to action after a hamstring injury, and played the full 90 minutes in their 2-1 FA Cup third round defeat to Brighton on Sunday.
The defeat means United will play their shortest possible season in terms of matches in 2025/26, given they play no European football and were knocked out of the Carabao Cup in round one by League Two side Grimsby Town.
Michael Carrick and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have held talks over being appointed as United interim manager until the end of the season following Ruben Amorim's sacking, and a final decision is expected shortly.
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But before getting himself acquainted with the new manager, Fernandes and his inner circle will likely have to spend Monday trying to fully recover his Twitter account after it was hacked on Sunday night.
Some of the tweets posted by the hacker(s) included a screenshot of the scoreboard from when Liverpool beat United 7-0 at Anfield in 2024, and a message stating that he would be joining both the England cricket team after their Ashes defeat and National League North side Macclesfield.
Reigning darts champion Luke Littler was then challenged to a 1vs1 game on EA FC 26.
In response to Shea Lacey's apology post after the 18-year-old was sent off against Brighton, the hacker wrote: "Just don't do it again g."
One other post read: "Let's get rid of INEOS."
Predictably, a series of cryptocurrency scams were then posted to the account.
That activity from Fernandes' account, which has 4.5 million followers, forced United to release an official statement urging fans not to engage with it.
"Bruno Fernandes's X account has been hacked," the statement read.
"Supporters should not engage with any of the posts or direct messages."
The hacked account would reply: "F**k no way. I'll spread the word."
Fernandes has not yet released a statement of his own on the incident, though all the posts from the hacker now appear to have been deleted.
His last post now shows as being on October 30, when he marked 300 appearances for Manchester United.
He is the only major sporting figure, or club, targeted by cryptocurrency scammers in recent weeks, with a string of other accounts hacked in order to promote 'fake' coins.
The official Sky Sports News account was hacked last month before a link to a fake crypto coin website was shared. The account was quickly recovered and the posts were deleted.
