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 claims Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's attitude was most important thing in sealing Man Utd move
dailystar.co.ukBruno Fernandes has admitted that it was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's attitude that convinced him to make the move to Manchester United.
The Portugal international was a big-money arrival in January from Sporting Lisbon when he made joined for a fee of up to £65m.
Despite the steep price, Fernandes has been a revelation in the Premier League. In five appearances, he has scored twice and assisted three times and landing the February player of the month award in the process.
However, United were not the only ones looking to land Fernandes. Tottenham were rumoured to be interested but it was Solskjaer that swayed the 25-year-old. "For me, the most important thing was obviously the confidence of the coach. “I need to know I am backed from the
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