Bruno Fernandes has already revealed his dream moves after leaving Manchester United

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The Man United captain has been thinking about his next moves

Bruno Fernandes has already outlined his top three destinations for when he leaves Manchester United.

Fernandes was close to a Man United exit - and moving to Saudi Arabia - during the summer of 2025 when Al-Hilal were understood to be willing to pay £100million for his services and offering the midfielder wages of up to £700,000 a week.

However, following talks with his family and then-head coach Ruben Amorim, Fernandes opted to stay put and he went on to enjoy an impressive individual season.

After breaking the Premier League assist record and helping Man Utd recover during the second half of the 2025-26 campaign to finish third under Michael Carrick, the Portugal international was named PFA Players' Player of the Year, FWA Footballer of the Year and the Premier League Player of the Season.

But an end to Fernandes' time at Old Trafford is likely come sooner rather than later. He enters the final six months of his contract in January and it has been widely reported that he has turned down a second offer from the club.

As per the Athletic, talks over a new deal have been ongoing since the summer, but further negotiations are anticipated.

If there is no breakthrough before the end of the campaign and Fernandes does end up leaving Old Trafford, he has already outlined three dream destinations - of which none are Saudi Arabia.

“I would like to experience the Spanish league and fight for big titles in Italy," he told Canal 11 last year. "I have many connections to Italy… my daughter was born there.

"I’ve already thought about returning to Portugal… the first option would be Sporting. To be happy, like it was with Sporting. But I don’t want to ruin the image that was left.

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