Manchester United 'will have to pay Sporting Lisbon £4.2m if Bruno Fernandes wins PFA Player of the Year as part of clause which saw playmaker move in transfer worth up to £68m'
- Bruno Fernandes has lifted Manchester United since joining in January 2020
- The 26-year-old joined from Sporting Lisbon in deal worth an initial £46.6million
- Fernandes is the bookies' favourite to win this year's PFA Player of the Year award
- He has scored 15 goals alongside 10 assists in the Premier League this season
Bruno Fernandes has made opposition defences pay since moving to the Premier League and now he will cost Manchester United an extra £4.2million if he is crowned this year's Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year.
The Portuguese playmaker is the bookies' favourite for the award after a fine season at Old Trafford.
And according to the Times, United will have to pay Sporting Lisbon an additional £4.2m as part of their deal when they initially signed the 26-year-old in January 2020.
Manchester United will have to pay Sporting Lisbon again if Bruno Fernandes wins PFA POTY
United paid Sporting an initial £46.6m for Fernandes when they bought him in January 2020
Fernandes joined the Red Devils for an initial £46.6m from the Portuguese club, which could rise to £67.8m if all his performance clauses are met.
And of those targets include a £4.2m pay-out if he either wins the PFA Player of the Year award or is in the top three for the Ballon d'Or while at the club.
Fernandes is enjoying a brilliant Premier League campaign at Old Trafford where he has scored 15 goals alongside 10 assists.
The bookies' favourite to win this season's PFA award, it would see United pay an extra £4.2m
Only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah has scored more in the top flight (17), while Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) and Harry Kane (Tottenham) better him for assists (10).
Sporting have already received an extra £8.4m in bonus clauses from United - such has been the positive impact Fernandes has had on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
The Old Trafford outfit paid the Portuguese giants £4.2m last year after qualifying for the Champions League and an additional £4.2m when he had started 25 games for the club.
So far, Fernandes' transfer has equated to £55m as he continues to galvanise the club. In his 62 games since joining the attacking midfielder has an incredible 34 goals overall.
The 26-year-old playmaker has scored 34 goals in 62 games since joining the Red Devils
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