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.
Manchester United’s 6-1 loss to Tottenham last weekend.United suffered their joint-worst defeat of the Premier League era on Sunday as they were completely shown up at Old Trafford.The entire Red Devils side were off the pace, as shown by the resounding 4-1 score at half-time.Trailing, Solskjaer looked to mix things up at half-time, and made two substitutions, including hooking Fernandes for Fred.The surprise move raised eyebrows, but none more so than the Portuguese playmaker himself, it would appear.
According to The Athletic, Fernandes was fuming at being taken off for the more defensive-minded Fred, having been extremely vocal throughout the first half.
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