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 explains how Paul Pogba has changed his game at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes said he gets on really well with Paul Pogba at Manchester United, and believes he is benefitting from playing alongside him.
How Fernandes would link up with fellow star midfielder Pogba was a huge point of intrigue after the Portuguese's arrival at United in January 2020, as the pair didn't play together until June — due to Pogba's injury and the covid-19 lockdown.
But both Pogba and Fernandes have starred for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side this season, as United have risen up the Premier League table and look set to finish second.
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