Bruno Fernandes accuses Roy Keane of spreading lies about him in brutal response

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Bruno Fernandes has hit back at Roy Keane and revealed he asked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for the former Manchester United midfielder's phone number following his recent criticism. Keane accused Fernandes of saying that he had focused on providing an assist to claim the Premier League record, rather than shooting, when the Portugal midfielder had actually said the opposite.

Fernandes, 31, broke the record on the final day of the season after crossing for Patrick Dorgu to head in against Brighton for his 21st assist. The United captain had previously equalled the mark set by Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne against Nottingham Forest .

It was the match against Forest that had irked Keane, during United's last game at Old Trafford for 2025/26. The pundit misconstrued Fernandes' words following the game, however, frustrating the Red Devils' star with his 'lie'.

"I don't mind criticism," Fernandes said, speaking to Steven Bartlett. "I always take criticism from everyone and never reply to anyone whatsoever. People have an opinion, they think it's good, bad or whatever.

"What I don't like is when people lie about things, and in this case, what you said about Roy Keane , basically, what he said is a lie. Luckily for me everything is on record, imagine if it wasn't, then people will think Bruno is always the guy going for the assist.

"I even asked Ole his number to text him to have a word with him, to say 'I don't mind the criticism, I don't like when people lie about the things that I say' because this goes over the top of the things I think are acceptable."

Keane had previously vented his frustration on the Stick to Football podcast. The Irishman was frustrated with the club's focus on Fernandes' journey to claim the Premier League assist record for a single season.

"When you're the captain of a club and you're supposed to be driving the club forward, do not be getting bogged down by just your role in the team, just assists," Keane said.

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"What I heard at United at the weekend, honestly, I was raging with it. The whole chat about his assists... Everyone, the players were [talking about it], the game was about his assists. That's the whole thing.

"After the game he got interviewed and he said, the captain of Manchester United, said 'A few times, I probably should have... shot but I made the passes.' Wow. How can your mindset be not to win the match but be about an individual record?"

Fernandes helped United finish third in the Premier League this term, with the club set to make a return to Champions League football. The talisman has just a single year remaining on his contract, though United do have an option to extend it by a further 12 months.

Michael Carrick expects Fernandes to stay at the club. "I've got no reason to think otherwise," he said.

"We've loved what he's done and he loves being here, I think you can see that. He wanted to stay on [the pitch], he wants to stay on every single game because he's enjoying his football, which is fantastic."