Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes Has Video Call With Lucky South African Supporter, Gifting Him a Jersey

• Imagine your favourite footballer taking the time to call and chat with you at length
• Not only that; he or she also gifted you with one of their match jerseys after you asked them for one
• A South African Manchester United die-hard lived this dream when captain Bruno Fernandes buzzed him

A Manchester United fan in Cape Town, South Africa got to experience what many a football lover would be envious of.

Going by the nickname of @BlessedUtd on Twitter, he had the opportunity to chat with stand-in captain Bruno Fernandes in a video call on his phone.

According to the fanzine site United In Focus, the call was a result of the fan tweeting 300 days in a row asking Fernandes for a signed shirt.

Stating that he wouldn't give him the shirt he wore when he won his first trophy, the Carabao Cup in February, the Portuguese international instead gifted @BlessedUtd an away Premier League jersey.

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The fan could barely contain his glee when seeing and hearing this, and at the time of publication, the video had 29 000 views on Twitter.

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