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 opinion shared by Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp before Man Utd transfer
dailystar.co.ukManchester United star Bruno Fernandes has been an instant hit at Old Trafford. And both former manager Jose Mourinho and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp were in full agreement about his ability before he arrived in the Premier League.
It took some time for United to get a deal over the line, eventually landing their man in January in a deal which could rise to £66.7million after an unsuccessful chase last summer.
Mourinho’s current club, Tottenham, were also linked with a move - and it comes as no surprise to the Portuguese manager to see the success his fellow countryman is having at his former club.
Before he joined United, he proclaimed that Fernandes “had it all”. "I was surprised by the season of Bruno Fernandes," Mourinho told Eleven
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