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Gary Neville
Former Manchester United defender on Sky Sports

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Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville believes Bruno Fernandes’ decision to reject Al-Hilal and stay at the club is “significant”.

“I think that there was an element of this situation that meant United getting that level of money, for someone of Bruno’s age, obviously, you couldn’t say that it would have been a bad deal,” he told Sky Sports.

Speaking after Fernandes’ future became clear, he added: “But, on the other hand, United’s star player – only player at times – for the last four, five, six years, has been Fernandes. He’s so important.

“To turn that money down at a point where United are at their lowest ebb and say, ‘No, I want to fight through this, I want to see it through the other side, I want to come out and achieve things,’ I think it says a lot about him as a person, as a character.

“The club needs people who are going to run through a brick wall for them.”