Unfinished business at Man Utd for Bruno Fernandes as he prepares for 300th game

Bruno Fernandes has opened up about how he turned down a money-spinning summer move to Saudi Arabia in the hope of achieving his dreams with Manchester United.

The 31-year-old has been the best signing of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era and is set to make his 300th appearance for the Red Devils in Saturday’s Premier League match against Brighton.

Fernandes has won the Carabao Cup and FA Cup since joining from Sporting Lisbon in January 2020, scoring 100 goals along the way, but United have been some way off challenging for the title.

Last season was the nadir as Ruben Amorim’s side slumped home 15th and lost the Europa League final – humiliation that meant the 20-time league champions entered full rebuild mode over the summer.

Fernandes was offered an escape route as Al-Hilal came sniffing but he spurned a move to Saudi with unfinished business at Old Trafford having spoken to wife Ana.

“We always say we have an offer from Saudi because obviously wherever I have to go, they have to come,” he said of his family. “They can choose not, but I’d prefer them to come.

“And obviously the first thing she said was ‘have you achieved everything you wanted to achieve at the club?’ Because she knows that I haven’t.

“And when I talk about I haven’t fulfilled my dreams at the club, it comes a lot from what she said to me.

“And obviously I’m not sure, she’s not sure I’m going to make it (come true). But if I don’t try it, that’s for sure I won’t make it.”

Fernandes’ dream is to win the Premier League and Champions League with United having turned down Al-Hilal in a summer that saw other clubs, from both Saudi and Europe, try to sign him.

But having spoken to Amorim and the club hierarchy, including chief executive Omar Berrada and