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.
'A pleasure' - Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes trains with Arsenal-bound Declan Rice
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBruno Fernandes has not yet reported back for pre-season training at Manchester United due to his post-campaign international commitments.
The United midfielder is among the contingent of players who were called up to play for their national teams. Fernandes featured for Portugal in their Euro 2024 qualifiers against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland.
United returned to pre-season earlier this month and beat Leeds United 2-0 in Oslo as the Reds kicked off their pre-season campaign with a win.
Though Fernandes is yet to return to Carrington for pre-season, he has been keeping himself in good shape before he reports back. Want to join our MUFC Pro club for a totally ad-free version of the MEN’s Man United app packed with premium features? Click here READ MORE: Manchester United begin their clearout at the start of pre-season And he has been joined by Declan Rice in stepping up his work ahead of the new campaign.
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