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.
Where are Manchester United at the moment? After 15 minutes of their fixture against Young Boys, United looked to be cruising on their way to another convincing victory following the dominating second-half display against Newcastle United.
Yet the demons from last season's embarrassing group-stage defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir reared their ugly head as an Aaron Wan-Bissaka red card plunged United into a change of plan, defending deep throughout the second half and sacrificing the attacking impetus that spurred the side onto an early lead at the Wankdorf Stadium.
It led to an agonising defeat and, thus, question marks over their progress under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Encouragingly, United are heading back on the road again this week to
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