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Topics: Bruno Fernandes, Juan Mata, Manchester United
Josh Lawless
Bruno Fernandes was on the receiving end of some brutal trolling from former Manchester United teammate Juan Mata in the Spaniard's birthday message.
The United skipper turned 31 on Monday, two days after helping Portugal to a 5-0 World Cup qualifying win over Armenia and one day after his son's birthday.
The former Sporting CP man received birthday messages aplenty, with his club United wishing him happy returns to their "creative machine".
Ex colleague Mata took to Instagram to send Fernandes a happy birthday but decide to rinse the Portuguese while doing so.
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The ex Chelsea playmaker, wrote, "Happy birthday, I love you and I miss you" and while that all seemed nice and pleasant, the message was accompanied by an ancient, embarrassing picture of Fernandes.
Unsurprisingly, Fernandes has not reshared the post but plenty of fans reacted to Mata going after his old pal and many were in disbelief about his antics.
One user on Reddit wrote: "Mata truly embraced his inner troll."
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A second commented: "How did he even get the picture."
A third added: "Man's an absolute savage."
A fourth said: "Diabolical from Juan."
Mata only played two years with Fernandes, departing Old Trafford in 2022 and venturing to Turkey with Galatasaray, before playing in Japan with Vissel Kobe and Australia with Western Sydney Wanderers.
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The two remain good friends though and keep in contact, with Fernandes hoping that he can go and visit Mata in Australia - a place where he did not rule out playing in.
"It's a very beautiful police because he's sent me loads of videos," he told Stan Sport Football.
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"Not when it's cold like he told me but when it's sunny and he has time to play golf. He goes to the beach, all these things to make me a little more sad of being in rainy Manchester.
"He spoke a lot of good things about the people, the environment, the space and everything. It's a place that I will visit for sure, with him I hope.
"I hope he pays for the flight for me to go there and stay at his house.
"Who knows in the future if the chance comes and I'm in the mood to go and play in Australia, who knows?"