Bruno Fernandes was filmed shouting at his Manchester United duo of Fred and Alex Telles, telling them to ‘Stop being such “ballers.”
Watch: Bruno Fernandes embroiled in a foul-mouthed exchange with United duo (Reuters File Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Fernandes was filmed having an expletive-riddled conversation with Manchester United teammates
- Fred and full-back Alex Telles were filming outside the club’s training facilities.
- Fernandes spotted the duo and shouted: “Stop being such ‘ballers’!
Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes was filmed having an expletive-riddled conversation with Manchester United teammates Fred and Alex Telles. A video is being circulated on the social media in which Fernandes can be seen shouting at United’s Brazilian duo, midfielder Fred and full-back Alex Telles, who were filming outside the club’s training facilities.
Fernandes spotted the duo and shouted: “Stop being such ‘ballers’!”
He added: “You are here to play football, not film it!”
Had never seen this clip of Bruno Fernandes shouting at Fred and Alex Telles pic.twitter.com/TAsL0ZRBXk
— Sean Gillen (@SeanGillen9) June 22, 2022
After an exchange of expletives between Fernandes, Fred and Telles, the Portuguese said: “Film my d***.”
To which Fred replied: “Chill out you f***
As it is, Telles was actually shooting for a Brazilian football marketing agency, O Clube Football. The United full-back was filming an ‘A day in the life’ video which gives fans behind-the-scenes access to Telles’ day from start to finish.
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