'He's already at the top': Bruno Fernandes told to ignore potential offers from elsewhere

This is according to former Novara sporting director Cristiano Giaretta who brought Fernandes to Italy in 2012.

The man who handed Bruno his first professional contract believes that Man United are the 'pinnacle of a career'.

Speaking to Calcio Mercato, Cristiano Giaretta said: "It almost goes without saying that Bruno Fernandes would be fine with Real Madrid, Barcelona or Juventus. The truth is he could go anywhere.

"But in my opinion, he's already at the top. Personally, I believe that Manchester United and the Premier League are the pinnacle of a career, a point of arrival, not of passage. He will make his choices, he is an intelligent boy.

"He will know what is best for him. I hear from him often, even a couple of times a week. I can say that he is the same guy I met at Boavista, with a great personality, with the same desire to work to become the best."

Playing for Man United has been a life-long dream for Bruno with the Portuguese snubbing an offer from Tottenham.