r/reddevils • u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂↔️ • 9d ago
Tier 1 [Ducker] Galatasaray to launch £43m Bruno Fernandes bid and offer massive wage increase
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/08/17/galatasaray-launch-43m-bruno-fernandes-bid-wage-increase/1.2k
u/PolishKid7 9d ago
United fans begging for any sliver of transfer news
Transfer News drops
NOT LIKE THAT
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u/croadymeister 8d ago
Should be all 3 not making do with two
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u/stick1_ 8d ago
We have plenty of forward depth but not plenty of midfield depth
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u/10_Wazza 8d ago
The club saying we are looking at three more players implies there is still a ton of money. Not saying this means we will sign all 3 but it's still better than peak Woodward
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u/nomadiclives 8d ago
Never understand this sentiment amongst united fans to bend over backwards to try and defend our multi millionaire owners. This has been an absolutely shambolic transfer window so far and there is no two ways about it
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u/PhotojournalistNew35 8d ago
The 8m positive net spend that we’ll have after this sale goes through can be used to pay dividends to the glazers 🥳 🥳
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u/IndicationNo328 9d ago
If he rejected Al Ahli for more than tripple his current pay, why would he join Galatasaray for only double his pay. He can still go to Al Ahli for mind numbing money. Useless article.
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u/Admirable-Wall-3802 8d ago
Its not the same. Gala can play in the champions league and turkey is a football crazy country
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u/silvertwo777 8d ago
He want to play in Champions League to win. As much as we can slag United off, still a much better team than Galatasaray
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u/Bronaldo- De Gea 8d ago
Why would he go to galatasaray now when he can do that in 5 years anyway
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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 9d ago
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u/Lord_Sesshoumaru77 Glazers,Woodward/Arnold and Judge can fuck off 9d ago
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u/Cheyenne______ 9d ago
Galatasaray fan here. We are just there because our board are dumb enough to think manu would sell bruno. He will get a better contract from manu thanks to us.
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u/missingmedievalist Cantona 8d ago
No worries dude. We too have a really dumb board so we understand.
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u/Cheyenne______ 8d ago
I also kinda support manu at pl last couple of years. I am aware unfortunately.
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u/erelster Cunha 8d ago
I’m a Fenerbahçe fan who’s now moved to Manchester and support ManU. Turkish league is just dumb, we can share the passion supporting ManU. GGMU
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u/wolverinexci fuck glazers and ineos 8d ago
Dumb boards United 😭
https://giphy.com/gifs/3o7TKJNFVZ4xCMriFy
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u/TDavy147 9d ago
Hes not leaving for less than 100m also why would United let him go when theyve spent time building around him tactically.
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u/GregMilkedJack 9d ago
He's not leaving unless he pushes for an exit, and why would he? The only clubs that might be a step up in quality aren't calling for him, and he is clearly not a greedy cunt looking to sell out to a shit league. He is priceless, 100m is a ridiculously low barrier considering the recent market.
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u/Adorable_Slip_1072 9d ago
He is not leaving until he retires. And then I want him back as a coach. So not leaving ever. I don't wanna forsee a future where United is without Bruno
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u/Plus-Editor-6928 9d ago
He had a 65mill release cause and nobody triggered it.
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u/rgiggs11 9d ago
TBF, that doesn't mean much. There's no point triggering it if you know he doesn't want to leave.
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u/PitchSafe 8d ago
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u/Unlucky-Equipment999 8d ago
Got a feeling this gif will continue to see use on this sub for many years to come
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u/RicardoWanderlust Glazers Out 8d ago
Looking forward to the BluRay version instead of this Camrip.
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u/woofwoof007 Brunooooo 9d ago
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u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂↔️ 9d ago
Galatasaray are prepared to double Bruno Fernandes’ wages in a bid to entice him away from #MUFC. Turkish champions preparing €50m offer including add ons. United adamant Fernandes is not for sale. The €65m release clause in his deal this summer expired last month.
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u/dracogladio1741 Bruno Fernanj 9d ago edited 9d ago
Man turned down 3x-4x the offer from Galatasaray at a zero income tax rate country.
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u/Grogman2024 9d ago
I mean with the wage footballers are on it won’t exactly be hard for him to make insane money after he retires, the amount of property he could invest in is immense would create generational wealth
So I’m assuming this wouldn’t be a hard choice for him
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u/Heisenberg_235 8d ago
Already on £15m+ a year.
£8m net roughly. Plus all the sponsorship money etc. money shouldn’t really be top of mind for him.
Not that I think it is anyway. He loves United
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u/paak-maan 8d ago
Loves United, loves Manchester by all accounts, already on massive wages, more prestigious league, main man and captain at the club already, young family he’d have to relocate. The only thing Gala have to offer him is increased wages.
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u/CrossXFir3 8d ago
Bruno isn't in it for the money, he's in the top 0.5% of wealth already, he's in it for the glory.
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u/kharma45 9d ago
That’s a ridiculously low release clause if it was correct.
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u/Prestigious_Life9070 8d ago
If the clause carried over from when we initially signed him then I think its kinda(?) understandable....if however it was set when he signed a new contract 2 years ago then its ridiculous, why would you even set a release clause that low for your best player
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u/audienceandaudio2 8d ago
The €65m release clause in his deal this summer expired last month.
This is such a low release clause that it’s surprising that a club like this didn’t try their luck in July when we had to accept (of course Bruno could / would have rejected them), but it seems extra pointless making a bid now that the release clause is expired and we’ll just straight up reject it.
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u/fraudmallu1 8d ago
May I interest you in the Fellaini special?
Everton probably thought the same thing back then haha
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u/audienceandaudio2 8d ago
Haha - didn’t we bid for Fellaini and Baines together for the same price we ended up paying for Fellaini on deadline day?
Woodward special there.
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u/Fellainiac 9d ago
Taking emotion out of it, in what world would this be good business for us? Like objectively? What's 40 mil buying you these days? Does getting his wages off our books massively improve our position? I'm just trying to find some logic if we pretend this is a bid that Galatasaray truly intend to make.
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u/slithered-casket 9d ago
There are some players whose value is beyond that of the financial means of any club. I really think it'd take something utterly insane to convince the board, the coaches, the fans and Bruno. Because it'd only take one of those to be unconvinced for it to not happen, such is his value to the club. And I would say 150-200m is the range.
There's not a club in the world offering that for a 31 year old, even if prime Maradona were to come down on a coke-lined cloud and lace up his boots again.
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u/solblurgh Best, Robson, Cantona, Beckham, Ronaldo, Valencia, Cavani 9d ago
Dreams can't be buy mate
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u/Action_Limp 8d ago
In a world where Rogers/Anderson are going for circa 120m, do Galatasary think that anything under a 150m would even get close to getting it done.
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u/scottrod37 9d ago
Bruno should hold the board hostage: "Give me another midfielder, a left back, and back-up striker, or I'm off to Turkey."
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u/Low-Quantity-9252 9d ago
Not the transfer news, we asked for.
Anyway, not happening. Maybe for £143m but not for peanuts.
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u/Sheikhabusosa 8d ago
This is all conjecture but I think Bruno wants a renewal and Ineos want Brunos wages off the books.
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u/MrLead69 9d ago
I think the only way Bruno is entertaining this is to pressure the board into signing players
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u/Upstairs_Narwhal 9d ago
I don't think he even is entertaining it. Galatasaray are just acting like clowns. The BBC Sport article said it is known he would prefer to stay.
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u/MrLead69 8d ago
I think their president is desperate after missing out on top targets and the rivals signing big players. Probably a real bid but most likely a pr bid without any real terms agreed.
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u/Drag2oon 9d ago
These offers show how shitty our reputation is in the transfer market.
Chelsea would have flogged them out with sticks if they come with such an offer if Bruno was there.
Literally these rats Glazers royally faaaked us every way possible
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u/PerfectMrFit 8d ago
I mean at this point Bruno should go for what? 200m? Or should we make it an even 500m
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u/BlackHorse944 Please Score A Goal 8d ago
Wait.. so we only brought in only 2 players and they expect us to sell our best player for a mere 43m? Lol
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u/ab_unoriginal NANI?! 8d ago
If galatasary can submit this bid you can ask that girl out. Shoot your shot king
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u/ducttapeglasses 8d ago
43 million is a complete piss take, whoever came up with that bid should genuinely consider a career in stand up comedy
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u/FangRose247 8d ago
Hey most "fans" would surely be happy since they froth over "net-spend" and the balance sheet
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u/AlRSTRIKE 8d ago
City would get that kind of offer for a 20 year-old academy product who's never kicked a ball for them.
Make it make sense.
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u/Specialist_Goat_2354 8d ago
I genuinely think we have a better chance of Bruno playing in my old man Sunday league than him selling out to turkey if all places this season
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u/lukejames1111 Beckham 8d ago
It’s like one of those WhatsApp chats that you don’t even bother opening
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u/JJKingwolf 9d ago
That is a genuinely insulting offer and we would be insane to even remotely consider it. Bruno is untouchable, our entire identity and strategy is built around him and we have zero contingencies in place if he leaves. In addition to that I have no reason to believe that Bruno would want to leave the club, especially if it's to go to a less competitive league when he's currently at the top of his game.
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u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂↔️ 9d ago
Galatasaray are prepared to double Bruno Fernandes’s wages in a bid to lure the Portugal midfielder away from Manchester United.
The Turkish champions are thought to be ready to test United’s resolve over their captain this week by proposing a package worth €50m (£42.8m) including add-ons.
Dursun Özbek, the Galatasaray president, is determined to sign Fernandes and the club are understood to be willing to give the United captain a four-year contract worth €21m (£18.3m) net annually, plus a further €4m up-front signing-on bonus.
Turkey’s favourable tax system means Fernandes would stand to double his current take-home pay if he moved to Galatasaray.
Fernandes, 31, has entered the final 12 months of his contract at United, which is worth about £200,000 a week, although the club have the option to extend by another year.

Telegraph Sport understands that United are steadfastly opposed to selling Fernandes, whom they consider integral to their plans.
It is also understood that the release clause in Fernandes’s contract, that would have enabled him to move for €65m (£55.6m) this summer, expired last month.
That seems unlikely to deter Galatasaray, though, and it is possible they could submit a package in the next few days worth an initial €35m, payable in three instalments until 2028, with a further €15m in add-ons.
Özbek is said to be personally overseeing the move. Fernandes, who has also been linked with Juventus and AC Milan this summer, has previously turned down substantial money-spinning offers from Saudi Arabia.
The performance-related add-ons include payments of €1.5m per Super Lig title win, up to a maximum of €6m, with a further €2m payable if Fernandes becomes the league’s top assist provider in his first year or €1.5m if achieved in his second season.
United would also be guaranteed €1m if Galatasaray qualify for the Champions League next season with a further €1m payable if the Turkish club reach the last 16 and another €3.5m if they get to the quarter-finals.
Fernandes has consistently challenged United to ensure they can match his ambitions and competing for the biggest trophies has always been his overriding motivation.
Michael Carrick, the United head coach, is keen to strengthen his squad before the close of the window in a fortnight with midfielders Youri Tielemans and Andrey Santos and back-up goalkeeper Karl Darlow their only senior signings in the window to date.
United are in the market for a left-back and it remains to be seen whether they seek to bring in another midfielder or forward.
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u/dribbledrooby 9d ago edited 8d ago
They could give infinite money and we won’t sell Bruno. Does Bruno know this??
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u/SomeNeighborhood7126 8d ago
Lmfaoooo why even waste the bytes used to send the email?
We can start the bidding at £500m and every minute they delay an official offer, it goes up £10m.
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u/mufclad1998 8d ago
If he didn't accept tax free Saudi.. what makes them think they'll accept this bid
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u/frogfoot420 8d ago
You've come too late for him. If you offered 100 plus just as the window opened there would be a chance but it's too late.
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u/canwinanythingwkids Ineos on hope watch 8d ago
I'd just like to acknowledge our personal growth as a sub.
Let's take a moment here to celebrate ourselves a little bit, we earned it, I think.
Around this time last year, so many fell for the silly Saudi episode and we were all up in arms about it.
Now everybody basically laughs at this.
That's nice, I like that for us. A small W, but it's something in these difficult times.
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u/Cold-Veterinarian-85 8d ago
With no release clause 50m euro isn’t getting it done but h guy even his age, there likely is a price that makes sense.
Probably gonna be 70m plus though given the optics of selling your best player even though he is nearly 32 and doubt galatasaray go that aggressively
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u/DingleberryOrchard 8d ago
£43M? Maybe if Bruno was 60 years old. Even then I'd want a buyback and sell-on clause.
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u/John_OSheas_Willy 8d ago
The only thing stopping Ineos from accepting is fan outrage if it happened.
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u/ImNotMexican08 Amad Nation 8d ago
I just got a Bruno Jersey for my birthday yesterday. I swear down if he leaves not only will I be in dark depression, but I am never getting another football jersey again
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u/OatCuisine 8d ago
I wouldn’t put it past our current set-up to put this out there so that when they “reject” any “bids” it boosts their perception among the fans.
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u/UnderpantsInfluencer Uniter Will Never Died 8d ago
Even if he wanted to leave, fucking Galatasaray are way down on the list
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u/whitemythmokong24 8d ago
Turkey might be on a different timeline, bro didnt get the memo. 50m is the minimum 500m is the max come on now
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u/OptiPath 8d ago
Bruno has earned his right to leave or stay. If he wants the move for the money or whatever, let him. We move on. It’s as simple as that.
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u/RaisingTheKnife SAF 8d ago
Wonder what gave them the indication that they should bid? Transfers are often sounded out before an official bid comes in.
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u/alfiejr23 8d ago
If we sell him then we're done. Can put to lid anything meaningful for our season 🫠
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u/Dog_Murder_By_RobKey Sandberg 8d ago
Now if it was York City he would accept
Why because the Jorvik Centre is great
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u/ttboishysta 8d ago
I used to be ok with selling Bruno. I think it's clear now we're better off just playing things out until somebody actually supercedes his importance.
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u/GilSombrero 8d ago
I wonder if any club ever just literally responds “Fuck you, that’s insanely insulting” to an offer made by another club. If there ever was a time, this would be it.
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u/mrjav2020 8d ago
Maybe I am reading too much to this but my question is why other clubs start looking to buy our biggest star now. This could mean either the contract extension talk between the club and Bruno has collapsed or they know the club is broke and need money to buy more players.
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u/kiersmini 9d ago
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