Shock club 'to open talks' with Bruno Fernandes over summer transfer as new report drops bombshell

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes is set to be approached over a shock summer transfer, a new report has claimed.

United captain Fernandes has been his side's key player this season, scoring 19 goals and providing 15 assists in all competitions.

His latest goals came in the 3-0 away win over Athletic Bilbao that has given United a key advantage heading into the second leg of their Europa League semi-final.

Such is the 30-year-old's form - and United's current position of 15th in the Premier League - he has been linked with a move away this summer if the Old Trafford club fail to qualify for Europe next season.

La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are reportedly both interested in signing him, but manager Ruben Amorim previously quashed any suggestions of a transfer away.

But now a new club is said to have entered the picture.

According to Saudi Arabian journalist Abdullah Al-Hunayan, Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal have held talks with Fernandes' agent and lawyer over a possible transfer before the start of the Club World Cup on June 14.

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Al Hilal are Saudi Arabia's sole representative in the competition, having won the 2021 AFC Champions League.

Among their playing ranks are former Premier League stars Aleksandar Mitrovic, Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo - the latter two of whom are international team-mates with Fernandes for Portugal.

The United captain has two years left on his contract, with journalist Paco Gonzalez previously telling Spanish outlet Cadena COPE that Real valued the midfielder at around £90 million when considering whether to table a bid.

It is likely, therefore, that if a club did hold serious transfer interest, United would hold out for a much more lucrative sum - if they were even considering whether to sell him at all.

Speaking about the midfielder's future in April, Amorim commented: "No. It's [a transfer] not going to happen.

"I want Bruno here because we want to win the Premier League again, so we want the best players ... he's not going anywhere.

"We are in control of the situation and I feel that he is really happy here.

"Sometimes, the frustration that everybody sees, and maybe say is not a good thing in a captain, but it's a sign he wants this [success] so bad. He's not going anywhere, because I've already told him."

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