In a separate interview with BBC Game, Fernandes said he had spoken to friends throughout the event and predicted the possible chain of events.
“I said everything would come to us and people would say we wanted the coach fired,” he added.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, former United captain Roy Keane was less inspired by the comments. He has little empathy for the constancy claims against Ten Hag.
“We mentioned loyalty last week,” Keane told Sky Sports. “If you want loyalty, get a dog.”
Keane said Fernandes’ comments were “too little, too late”.
“He hasn’t shown enough leadership and things have gotten difficult,” added the Irishman.
“I wouldn’t want to be in the trenches with these players. A lot of them don’t care much. They’re just focused on the next coach.”
Ten Hag said repeatedly this season that his team had not converted many of its chances into goals.
The same thing happened against Chelsea, with Alejandro Garnacho failing to eliminate some chances, Marcus Rashford firing a first-half goal against the woodwork and replacing Joshua Zirkzee stuck in the starting lineup and then proving to have a sunny spell. aim.
Watching this should be especially painful for current manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, who scored 150 goals for United in five prolific seasons.
However, he still sees signs of optimism.
“In the last games we lost some points because we didn’t take advantage of our opportunities,” he said.
“The good thing is that we have created a lot during the season so far. When the players adapt to the results, the goals will also come.”
Whether or not Van Nistelrooy is present for the remains to be visible.
It is clear that he has not yet spoken to Amorim and that the wrong talks have been scheduled before his brief spell in the manager’s position involves finishing and then playing at home in the then event against Greek side PAOK in the Europa League and Leicester in the Premier. League.
A lifelong Porting fan, Fernandes left them to join United in January 2020, two months before Amorim arrived from Braga, and the 30-year-old has witnessed the transformation of his former club.
“I watch a lot of Sporting games,” he added. “Rubén Amorim brought excitement back to the club. It was a little divided when he arrived, but he transformed everything and united everyone.”
