Man United captain Bruno Fernandes shows true colours after Cristiano Ronaldo spat

Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes has often found himself defending his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.

Last week, Portuguese football fans grew increasingly frustrated during their country's narrow victory over Slovenia in the Euro 2024 round-of-16. This stemmed from Ronaldo's unfruitful free-kicks - four attempts from dangerous positions that all failed to find the back of the net.

Ronaldo then missed a penalty in extra-time, which resulted the match going to a penalty shootout. Ronaldo's insistence of taking all the set pieces only added to many supporters feeling that the pair, who have played together at United as well as at international level, do not see eye-to-eye.

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The seeds of this rumour were planted when Fernandes seemingly snubbed Ronaldo in Portugal's changing room, following his comments about United in a controversial Piers Morgan interview. Originally shared without audio, the clip seemed to suggest a frosty confrontation between the two.

However, Fernandes quickly countered this portrayal, responding to a Sky Sports journalist's interpretation: "They put the sound on after, did you hear it with the sound? You have to hear it.

"In Portugal, we have a problem that I was watching on one of the channels that was talking about that. [They were saying] 'it was cold, it was bad' for about 45 minutes. All of a sudden, they go for a break and the national team put it up with the sound and the sound says that he's joking with me.

"They came back and said there was a joke, and they cut there. They said 'If you want to see