BRUNO FERNANDES has revealed that he was once so broke while chasing his footballing dream that his wife used to pay for their dates. The Portuguese midfielder, 29, now captains Manchester United and pockets £240,000-a-week at Old Trafford . As he prepares to lead out the Red Devils in the FA Cup Final tomorrow against neighbours City, the star has penned an open letter to supporters on The Players’ Tribune .
Fernandes recalled the difficulties of trying to make it as a footballer after leaving his homeland for Italy in 2012 as a youngster. After struggling at Novara and then Udinese, his impressive one season spell at Sampdoria led to Sporting Lisbon moving to bring him back to Portugal in 2017. That was when his career reached lift-off - and United made their £55m move for him in January 2020.
But despite all of the problems he faced, the beautiful Ana has been by his side as his biggest supporter ever since they began dating. And she even funded their relationship at times by refereeing futsal matches to get cash to pay for their dates to the cinema. Fernandes said: “Ana has been with me on this ride since we were 16, 17, 18 years old.
“We met as teenagers, and when we first started dating, I wasn’t making any money as a footballer, and she had a nice job working as a futsal referee on the weekends. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKER S “She used to do three or four matches in a row on a Saturday, and then we would always go to the cinema on Sundays. .