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Inside Bruno Fernandes' tough upbringing: How the 'wild horse' gained his win-at-all-costs mentality after Man United star's rollercoaster week where he was branded a 'DISGRACE'

2023-03-11 2 Dailymotion

Gary Neville surveyed the wreckage of Manchester United's catastrophic 7-0 defeat by Liverpool and immediately pointed the finger of blame at Bruno Fernandes.<br /><br />'I've had enough of him throwing his arms around at his teammates; I've had enough of him not running back; he whinges at everybody,' fumed the United legend in the Sky Sports studio.<br /><br />Fernandes motioned with his arms where Antony should have been making his run, sparking a heated argument that culminated with the Brazilian appearing to call Fernandes a 'bull shit ' in Portuguese.<br /><br />When playing for Sporting Lisbon he found himself at the center of controversy when a WhatsApp audio clip of him ranting about teammates was leaked to the media.<br /><br />But in a sign of the standards Fernandes helps to set, most of the Sporting squad backed him.<br /><br />There was then a shocking CCTV clip that showed Fernandes smashing two dressing room doors at his old club Boavista after he was sent off.<br /><br />When a security guard intervened, Fernandes shouted: 'I'll pay for the bloody doors!'<br /><br />Fernandes was frustrated at the time that a summer 2019 move to Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur had broken down, but he would realize his Old Trafford ambition a few months later.<br /><br />His anger can be traced back to a tough upbringing in Portugal with coaches who worked with a young Fernandes describing him as a 'wild horse.'<br /><br />He comes from a poor background in the industrial city of Maia. His father Jose worked in the Pia Belle textile factory and money was often tight for Bruno and his two siblings.<br /><br />Though shy off the football pitch, he developed a fiery temperament on it as a teenager.<br /><br />His under-15 coach at Pasteleira, Antonio Peres, told Sportsmail in 2020: 'He was like a wild horse. He had long hair like a girl and he was a rebel.<br /><br />'He learned to play football in the street and his fight, his character, his language came from the streets.

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