Bruno Fernandes has hit back at Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s suggestion that some Manchester United players are overpaid by telling the British billionaire “the club agrees to do the contracts.”
Fernandes was praised by Ratcliffe during a round of interviews this week with the 72-year-old describing the United captain as a “fabulous footballer.”
However, other squad members were branded as “not good enough” and “overpaid.”
After scoring a hat trick to help seal a 5-2 aggregate win over Real Sociedad in the Europa League on Thursday, Fernandes defended his teammates.
“It’s not nice to hear certain things obviously,” Fernandes said. “I don’t think that any player likes to hear criticism or things that are talked about to you, that you’re not good enough or you’re overpaid or whatever.
“Everyone has their own…
