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Will Ronaldo's Man United bombshell RUIN Portugal's World Cup dreams? His frosty handshake with Bruno Fernandes hints at trouble ahead and evidence for club and country suggests they DON'T play well together even before this new friction

Daily Mail | November 15, 2022

Related Topics: Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes, Erik ten Hag, Bernardo Silva, Harry Maguire, Manchester United F.C., Fernando Santos

Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes have both worn the captain's armband for Manchester United this season but treated the honour very differently.

The big question is whether Portugal's World Cup hopes are damaged by any fall-out.

Whereas Ronaldo responded to being skipper at Aston Villa by saying in an interview he felt 'betrayed' by the club, Fernandes has been a leading light in the Erik ten Hag revolution and has regularly stood in for Harry Maguire as team captain.

Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo already had a complex relationship but things could well have taken a turn for the worse after Ronaldo's bombshell interview at the weekend
The pair now head to the World Cup with Portugal and it promises to be a tense time in Qatar

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Bruno Fernandes appears LIVID with Cristiano Ronaldo when exchanging frosty handshake as Portugal meet up ahead of the World Cup.

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