Silva refuses to apologise for Fulham’s Fernandes video.

Marco Silva refused to apologise for Fulham’s Tiktok mocking Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes for pretending to be injured, but took a diplomatic tone during his pre-match press conference in a bid to quell sensationalist coverage of the social media feud this week.

“I am not a huge fan of social media, but as you might think, I am aware of it. It was Ten Hag’s reaction. When a manager supports a football player, I believe that is a typical occurrence. I’m going to defend one of our players till the very end. We all noted that Ten Hag claimed he had not seen the post. He was responding to a question from a journalist. I haven’t heard the question, and I’m not sure how the journalist posed it. For a manager in that moment, if you tell me that 10 minutes ago, any club said something about my player, I will defend my player even if I haven’t seen

“Let’s discuss Bruno as well. He is the captain of Manchester United. He’s a player I know quite well. I can only describe him as a top player and professional. He is a high-quality player and a top professional. You are not a Manchester United captain unless you have the entire package in one box and are an extremely important player.

This is vital to mention. Ten Hag defends his player. I can understand that. All of the other noise and stuff comes from Man United. I understand everything because this is Manchester United. If Marco Silva reacted in the same way, it would most likely be over within ten seconds.”