Bruno Fernandes has admitted he had a frustrated chat with Casemiro after Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-0 in their final Premier League match of the season on Sunday.
The Red Devils picked themselves up from Wednesday night's Europa League final defeat to Tottenham with an impressive performance at Old Trafford, with Amad Diallo and Christian Eriksen finding the net.
The result saw Villa miss out on Champions League qualification, with Morgan Rogers having a goal cruelly disallowed after VAR was left unable to intervene.
Fernandes was a shining light for United amid the darkness of the season, but impressed as they ended their season on a high with a win over Villa.
Bruno Fernandes helped Man United beat Aston Villa on Sunday
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Speaking after the fixture, the Portugal international confessed that he'd vented his frustrations to Casemiro about the fallen giants' lack of consistency.
He started by saying: "It was not even just about Bilbao [the Europa League final defeat], it was about the full season.
"It's been very disappointing for everyone, but for the fans in the first place, and that's what I tried to transmit in the before the game for my players I was like: 'Just look around. Just look how special this place is, how lucky we are to be here'.
"We had the full stadium today after a disappointing season after a disappointing Wednesday, they were again here, trying to lift us up, trying to be positive and giving a lot of energy to the team.
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"And for us it was just trying to give a different image in this last game of the season.
"Obviously you play with a little bit more freedom, you have no pressure, because the position in the league wouldn't change much.
"But everyone played a brilliant game. We were very comfortable on the ball, very brave off the ball. And I think this is a brilliant response, but we have to bring this for the next season."
He added: "This is exactly what I was telling to Cas[emiro] at the end of the game.
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Bruno Fernandes has admitted he had a frustrated chat with Casemiro after Manchester United beat Aston Villa 2-0 in their final Premier League match of the season on Sunday
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"I was like this is what frustrates me the most is that we can perform like this against one of the most consistent teams in the league.
"This season Aston Villa is a very difficult team to play against, very well organised, very good players on the ball, and then you can pin them back, play, create chances, don't give any chances away.
"And it's difficult to understand that we can't do this through the season. But obviously I understand the pressure of playing for this club is massive and today we had a lot of freedom to go to the game and just enjoy it.
"We wanted to give something back, something different, show the fans that we want this so much to be better, to be more successful and everything.
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"But obviously we want this belief to keep going to the next season. And as the manager ends up saying, the bright days are coming."
Fernandes is arguably the only world-class player at United these days.
However, there's no guarantee that he'll stay at Old Trafford with Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal showing strong interest.
Bruno Fernandes could leave Man United this summer
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The Middle Eastern outfit are prepared to pay Fernandes a staggering salary of £700,000-a-week, as well as a bonus worth up to £65million per season.
In addition to that, they're willing to pay United £100m to land their captain.
Though finances are tight, Red Devils boss Ruben Amorim will want to keep hold of his star performer to ensure the glory days return again.
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