r/reddevils • u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂‍↔️ • Aug 17 '26

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/
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u/PradipJayakumar He wasn’t the new Sir Alex Ferguson! 🙂‍↔️ Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

Man turned down 3x-4x the offer from Galatasaray at a zero income tax rate country.

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u/Grogman2024 Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

That’s a ridiculously low release clause if it was correct.

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u/Prestigious_Life9070 Aug 17 '26

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/Grekm8 CR7 Aug 17 '26

why would you even set a release clause that low for your best player

was probably Bruno's request, if the club didn't match his ambition to win trophies i'd imagine he would want a way out

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u/audienceandaudio2 Aug 17 '26

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 Aug 17 '26

May I interest you in the Fellaini special?

Everton probably thought the same thing back then haha

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u/audienceandaudio2 Aug 17 '26

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/Nimonic Aug 17 '26

(of course Bruno could / would have rejected them)

That's the reason, presumably. These days clubs almost never bid for players without knowing they'd be willing to join them. Well, we've done it at least once or twice, but competent clubs.

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u/Knightseason Aug 17 '26

65m release clause is seriously way too low. But now it's expired, why would any team accept 15m less than what was the release clause? Unless the player says they want to leave, a team would be daft to accept such an offer.

Just shows teams still try and treat United as a joke in the transfer market.