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 admits Manchester United knew “a defeat would come” after Sunday’s FA Cup exit against Chelsea at Wembley. United slumped to their first defeat in 20 games against the Blues, with a number of costly mistakes from David de Gea meaning they crashed out of the competition at the semi-final stage.
It was the first time Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ’s side have slipped up since signing Fernandes, who has transformed their fortunes after arriving from Sporting Lisbon in January.
And now the Portuguese midfielder has called for United to return to winning ways in their crucial Premier League showdown with West Ham tonight. “Like always, we must try to win the game,” he told Sky Sports . “It's our responsibility, but we know at some point,.
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