Al-Hilal have given Bruno Fernandes a final ‘take it or leave it’ offer and told the Portugal star he has 72 hours to decide if he wants to quit Manchester United for the Saudi Pro League.
The Riyadh-based club are prepared to effectively quadruple Fernandes’ salary of £280,000-a-week by increasing it to £700,000 tax-free as part of a package worth up to £200million over three years including bonuses.
The 30-year-old’s representatives have been in talks with Al-Hilal for some time and have now made him a final and binding offer.
The United captain, who is currently leading his team on a post-season tour of Malaysia and Hong Kong, has until Thursday to respond.
If he agrees, the club are ready to issue the paperwork on a contract worth around £65m-a-season and make a formal approach to United with a bid in the region of £100m.
United sources have re-iterated that they do not want to sell their best player, but the club are under even greater financial pressure after defeat to Tottenham in Wednesday’s Europa League final cost them £100m in Champions League revenue.
Bruno Fernandes has been given 72 hours to decide if he wants to quit Man United for Al-Hilal
Fernandes has admitted he may have to be sold to help man United to balance the books
Al-Hilal want to have a marquee player in place for the Club World Cup next month
Fernandes admitted after the game that he could be sold to balance the books, saying: ‘If the club thinks it’s time to part ways because they want to do some cashing in, it is what it is.’
Al-Hilal want to have a marquee player in place for the Club World Cup next month.
Fernandes is their No.1 target but they could move for Aston Villa’s Youri Tielemans or Atlanta midfielder Ederson if he turns them down.
