Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Red Devils played two friendlies against Championship side West Brom at an empty Old Trafford on Friday afternoon. The first of the two 60-minute matches saw Pogba and Fernandes finally link-up in midfield.But that game ended in a 2-1 defeat, whilst a brace from Andreas Pereira and a goal from Tahith Chong ensured they won the second game 3-1.
It was a mixed afternoon as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 's side took another look at his options to take on Tottenham on their Premier League return after two inter-squad friendlies.
Here's five things we noticed from Old Trafford.Footage from the game has been limited, but Manchester United did release a short clip of highlights on their app.The footage includes the first glimpse of Pogba and Fernandes.
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