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.
Bruno Fernandes to work the magic that helped the Red Devils sign Cristiano Ronaldo on a move for Ruben Neves.Ronaldo has moved to Old Trafford in a £13million deal from Juventus, with Fernandes understood to have played a key part in convincing his countryman to return to Manchester.Despite spending more than £120m in the summer transfer window, United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is understood to desire recruits in central midfield.He can currently call upon Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matic and Fred in the defensive roles, but does not trust any of the trio to play outside of a pairing.That has hindered the Norwegian’s attempts to introduce a more attacking outlook to his United side.He has been forced to hand Paul Pogba more defensive duties.
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