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.
Sevilla are Ashley Cole's pick to win the Europa League ahead of their semi-final with Manchester United tonight. The Spaniards are eyeing a sixth success in the competition having seen off Wolves in the last eight earlier this week.
United have been in hugely impressive form this year with Bruno Fernandes' arrival key to their change in fortunes. But Cole, who won this competition in 2013 with Chelsea, has backed the La Liga outfit to lift the trophy on Friday night.
He told Stadium Astro: "Manchester United against Sevilla, I think that's a very, very tough one. "I’m going to say, flip of a coin, Sevilla will win the whole competition.
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