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' surprising Man Utd trait could force Ole Gunnar Solskjaer decision
mirror.co.ukBruno Fernandes’ arrival at Manchester United is unquestionably the defining moment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s managerial career so far.
In signing the Sporting superstar, Solskjaer was handed the kind of talisman that title winning teams can be built around. United were linked with Fernandes for weeks before finally sealing the £47million deal at the end of that January transfer window in 2020.
Solskjaer singled out the 26-year-old, with the Norwegian desperate to add the kind of creative force that had been so lacking from his side.
Upon signing him, the United boss hailed his new signing’s ability to both create and score goals, after a stunning spell in the Portuguese top-flight.
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