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' Man Utd impact highlighted as stats compare start to big-money signings
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes has been a star since moving to Old Trafford for £67.6m in the January transfer window - and his stats show he is a cut above.
Manchester United have spent big money since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement as they look to replicate his success. Many of their expensive acquisitions have failed to make the grade however and have subsequently been moved on.
But Fernandes, who has seven goals and seven assists in his first 11 games, is officially the best signing in recent times. No United player has been able to match his numbers over the same time period with only Romelu Lukaku scoring the same amount, although he only provided three assists.
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