Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes’s X account has been hacked, the club said, after a post on Sunday was critical of the club’s co-owners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A message appeared on Fernandes’s social media account, which has more than 4.5m followers, that read: “let’s get rid of INEOS”.<\/p>\n
Ineos, the global chemical company, is owned by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is the minority owner of United and in charge of football operations.<\/p>\n
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This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to X cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> The post, viewed more than 84,000 times, has since been removed, but the club’s official X account confirmed Fernandes’s account had been hacked and urged supporters to “not engage with any of the posts or direct messages”.<\/p>\n It was one of several messages to appear on the 31-year-old Portugal international’s profile and came just a few hours after United<\/a> were eliminated from the FA Cup on Sunday following a third round defeat to fellow Premier League side Brighton<\/a> at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n Brajan Gruda and former Red Devil Danny Welbeck scored for the visitors in a 2-1 victory as United’s winless run in all competitions was extended to four matches.<\/p>\n Benjamin Sesko halved the deficit for the hosts late on before 18-year-old academy graduate Shea Lacey was sent off for two bookings in quick succession.<\/p>\n Former United midfielder Darren Fletcher, who is the club’s current under-18s head coach, once again took charge of the first team following the sacking of manager Ruben Amorim on 5 January<\/a>.<\/p>\n Read more on Sky News: Interim boss Fletcher oversaw the team’s 2-2 draw with Burnley on Wednesday, two days after United parted ways with Amorim after 14 months in charge.<\/p>\n
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