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 have confirmed the sale of Alex Telles, who joins Al-Nassr in a permanent deal. The left-back did not return for training along with Eric Bailly with United desperate to move the pair on.
The Brazilian, who made 50, first-team appearances at Old Trafford, spent last year on loan at Sevilla. Telles joined for an initial £13.6m on deadline day from Porto in October 2020 but was deemed surplus when Tyrell Malacia became Erik Ten Hag's first signing last summer.
He has now become the latest player to move to the Saudi Pro League, linking up with former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr.
United will receive a fee in the region of £6million for the deal. 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: Bruno Fernandes makes admission about Manchester United youngster Kobbie Mainoo after Arsenal win Telles had one year left on his contract at United and the club were keen to recoup a fee for him.
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