“When I received the call saying: 'Bruno, you have the chance of moving...” — Bruno Fernandes Quote

“When I received the call saying: 'Bruno, you have the chance of moving to Manchester' I called my wife, my brother, my sister, my mother and just started crying. But I was crying through happiness.”

“In Portugal, you couldn't always find Premier League kits, and if you could, they were really expensive.”

“I was really good, I had a coach who said to me, 'If you want to be a top player, you will need to play as a central defender. If you want to be a good player, you will be a midfielder.' I think he was wrong but, maybe as a central defender, I could be much better, I don't know!”

“I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn't read. She would say: 'You can do this. You just don't want to do this.'”

“My parents are very much a 'heads down, let's get on with this' kind of family, so I don't think there was ever any crying or sleepless nights.”

“I was brought up as an only child, and we were very close. But when I was 14, we got evicted. We came home to a padlock, and I looked up at my mom and she was crying, and there was nothing to do.”