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 is producing what Man Utd feared when they scouted him at Sporting
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes is producing what Manchester United feared when they first scouted him at Sporting Lisbon. The Red Devils have benefitted from the Portugal international, who has been in blistering form since his arrival in January 2020.
He has missed just two matches all season and has scored 26 times and assisted 16. In total, Fernandes has 38 goals in 74 appearances with 24 assists as well.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hugely dependant on the midfielder but there are signs he is starting show one deficiency he had at Sporting.
One attribute that was noticed by United scouts was the number of times he lost possession through his all-out attack methods.
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