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.
Manchester United’s search for recruits in the January transfer window led to an astronomical 113 players being linked with the club.
From unlikely reunions with club legends to enormous transfer fees, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were reportedly in the running for some improbable names.
The eventual signing of Bruno Fernandes towards the end of the window proved successful, as did the short-term arrival of Odion Igahlo.
However, such a staggering number of names points to a club with an erratic transfer policy, which helps generate significant rumours.
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