Bruno Fernandes Delivers Sharp Retort to Roy Keane's Criticism After Record-Breaking Assist

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has sharply responded to club legend Roy Keane, who recently criticized the Portuguese midfielder. Keane was particularly scathing, stating that Fernandes lacked the necessary mentality to lead the club to success and trophies. He cited the match against Nottingham Forest as an example, where Fernandes repeatedly attempted to assist teammates to equal Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne's assist record. This feat was eventually achieved after a goal by Bryan Mbeumo, and yesterday, Bruno Fernandes solely topped that chart by assisting Patrick Dorgu's goal. However, Keane was unimpressed by this approach, declaring that serious objectives cannot be met when focusing on such individual statistics.

“I’ve always said I don’t mind criticism; I’ve accepted it and never responded. People have opinions, they think certain things are good or bad, whatever. What I don’t like is when people lie about things. And in this case, Roy Keane told a lie. Luckily for me, everything is on record. Imagine if it wasn’t. People might think: ‘Bruno is the guy who always tries to get assists.’ I even asked for Ole’s number to talk to him, to say that I don’t mind criticism, but I don’t like it when people lie. That crosses certain acceptable boundaries,” Bruno Fernandes stated critically.