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 channels Jose Mourinho as he sends Ole Gunnar Solskjaer message
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes appears to have taken inspiration from his Portuguese compatriot Jose Mourinho judging by his latest comments.
The Manchester United midfielder, like his teammates, has had a somewhat rocky start to the season, and he was taken off at half-time during his side's humiliating 6-1 defeat to Tottenham last weekend.
This prompted speculation that he had had a falling out with manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, something Fernandes strongly denied while away on international duty.
Yet more interesting than his quotes on Solskjaer were the ones in which he seemed to channel his inner-Mourinho to attempt to create something of a siege mentality at United.
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