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Rio Ferdinand reveals Bruno Fernandes' admission after Man United captain rejected £700,000-PER-WEEK deal to join Al-Hilal

Rio Ferdinand has revealed he may have left Manchester United this summer if he was in Bruno Fernandes shoes and taken the lucrative money on offer in Saudi Arabia.

Fernandes was heavily pursued by Saudi side Al-Hilal in the first transfer window this summer, with his suitors having made him their priority signing ahead of the Club World Cup.

They were prepared to give the Portuguese playmaker a tax-free contract in the region of £700,000-a-week plus bonuses for him to move to the Middle East.

Manchester United were also set to earn around £100million in the sale, but Fernandes rejected Al-Hilal's overtures to stay in England for now.