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 left Man City boss Pep Guardiola 'baffled' in summer transfer window
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes was only ever destined for Manchester United. The Red Devils were linked with the Portugal international in the summer transfer window but made signing Harry Maguire the priority.
Once that transfer was out of the way, and January came around, United went for broke and got their man. In terms of competition for Fernandes' signature, the Old Trafford club were pretty much left to their own devices to make the transfer happen.
Tottenham had been interested, but they signed Giovani Lo Celso instead before bringing in Steven Bergwijn. The only other Premier League club linked with the Portuguese was Man City.
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