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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes says he is 'really happy' to see Phil Jones back in contention for Manchester United after a long spell on the sidelines.
Jones, 29, has not played for United in eighteen months but is now back training with the first-team squad and in a position to be involved at some stage this season.
The English defender featured for United's U23 side earlier in the month as he stepped up the next stage of his recovery and was named on the bench for defeat to West Ham in the Carabao Cup last week.
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