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 transfer precedent gives Man Utd fans Jadon Sancho hope
mirror.co.ukManchester United’s bid to land Jadon Sancho this summer remains in limbo. Recent reports from Sky Sports have claimed the Red Devils will not pay more than £50million for the England winger as Borussia Dortmund command a fee in excess of £100million.
Earlier this week, Dortmund's CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke predicted nobody will meet their valuation of Sancho and United fans now fear the move is in tatters. "I don't think a club will pay the sum.
There is also no coronavirus discount on him," Watzke told Sport 1. But they set a precedent with their pursuit of Bruno Fernandes which gives fans hope and suggests Ed Woodward might still splash the cash.
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