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.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Raphael Varane to start - Manchester United predicted line-up vs Brentford
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United play Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday evening. United lost their opening game of the season against Brighton last weekend and Erik ten Hag will be demanding a response from his side at the Brentford Community Stadium, with the good feeling that was created in pre-season in danger of being lost.
Brentford drew with Leicester on Sunday afternoon and they demonstrated resilience to fight back from two goals down. United won this fixture against Brentford 3-1 in January earlier this year and they'll be hoping for a similar result on Saturday. ALSO READ: Man United share price soars as Glazers make huge gain. David de Gea is a certainty to start in goal and the back four that will play ahead of him seems predictable.
Diogo Dalot will start at right-back, Luke Shaw will start at left-back and it seems Raphael Varane and Harry Maguire will start in central defence.
Ten Hag signed Lisandro Martinez this summer and started him against Brighton, but Varane has returned to fitness and it would be a surprise not to see him named in the line-up.
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