Fernandes offered swift exit after transfer bombshell and MU's brutal stance

Manchester United have put all of their players up for sale and Al-Hilal have been given hope of landing Bruno Fernandes after his honest comments in the wake of their Europa League final defeat

Bruno Fernandes has been offered an exit route from Manchester United after their defeat in the Europa League final. United are braced for sweeping changes in the summer transfer window after missing out on Champions League football next season by losing to Tottenham – and their captain could be among those leaving.

As Mirror Football have revealed, United have put their entire squad up for sale in the aftermath of their defeat in Bilbao. That dramatic transfer stance includes Fernandes and other key players like Casemiro, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Andre Onana, Alejandro Garnacho, Rasmus Hojlund, Kobbie Mainoo.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is ready to take a brutal stance this summer in order to furnish Ruben Amorim with a fresh squad for the 2025/26 season. United want to bring in Wolves forward Matheus Cunha and Ipswich striker Liam Delap, but only have around £100million to spend before taking into account sales.

Fernandes is under contract with United until June 2027, while the club also have the option of a further year. But the 30-year-old admitted in the aftermath of defeat in Bilbao that he would understand if United sold him – and that has now become a real possibility.

Sky Sports report that Al-Hilal are interested in signing the Portugal international and their offer could come soon due to the Club World Cup. The Saudi Arabian side are involved in the tournament, which kicks off in the United States next month, so will be able to sign players from June 1.

They have already tempted former Premier League players Ruben Neves, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Kalidou Koulibaly to join them and are now renewing their push to sign Fernandes. Mirror Football reported earlier this month that Al-Hilal president Fahad bin Nafel met with Fernandes' agent Miguel Ruben and lawyer Caetano Maria to discuss a possible three-year contract.

That approach was rejected by his representatives, but Al-Hilal have not given up and Fernandes’ honest comments to the media in northern Spain will have given them hope a deal can be reached.

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“If the club thinks it's time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in or whatever, it is what it is. And football sometimes is like this,” he said.

“I have always been honest. I've always said I will be here until the club says to me that it's time to go. I'm eager to do more, to be able to bring the club to the great days. In the day that the club thinks that I'm too much or it's time to part ways, football is like this, you never know it. But I've always said it and I keep my word in the same way.”

Fernandes joined United in January 2020 from Sporting Lisbon for £68million and has been a key player ever since. He has contributed 98 goals and 86 assists in 289 appearances for the club and has been captain since Erik ten Hag replaced Harry Maguire two summers ago.

He has been United’s stand-out performer this season with 19 goals and 19 assists in 56 appearances. But with United 16th in the Premier League and facing a year without any European football, Ratcliffe is ready to oversee a brutal fire sale this summer.

While loanees Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Antony are the primary targets for sales, there is a feeling that the club will have to offload some key players too. Amorim has described Fernandes as one of the best players in the world and dismissed previous rumours around him, but the decision could be taken out of his hands this summer.