‘Made the right choice’, ‘Never leave’ – Man City Fans reacts as Fernandinho reveals how close he was to leaving Etihad

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Fernandinho has admitted that he was “quite close” to leaving Manchester City prior to putting pen to paper on a new one-year contract at the club in June.

The Brazilian midfielder was heavily linked with a return to his native land at the end of last season, but ended up signing a one-year contract extension that keeps him at the Etihad Stadium until 2022,

However, the 36-year-old City captain has now admitted that he was close to calling time on his City career and that he had got what he has described as a “proper offer” on the table from a club in the Brazilian top-flight.

“Man, I was quite close to leaving – and that’s the truth,” he said on FourFourTwo.

“There was so much on the table to analyse, I was in deadlock. That made me leave the decision to when last season was finished.

“First, my priority was to have my mind 100 per cent on the team. Then I negotiated with only one team apart from Man City, which was Athletico Paranaense. They made a proper offer to me.

“My wife and I were like, ‘If we go back to Brazil, we will have this; if we stay in England, we will have that.’ When City offered me a new contract, we spent a few days at home weighing up both possibilities.”

“One of the key factors that made us stay is that we are applying for British citizenship,” he explains. “But it’s also a wonderful feeling to captain this club. I take so much pride in it. 

This Fernandinho’s comment  has prompted plenty of reactions. Here is what some Man City fans said in response on the social media platform.

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