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 told to spark changes at Manchester United as 'irritating' trait pinpointed
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBBC Sport pundit Garth Crooks has highlighted the Cristiano Ronaldo trait he finds irritating and says Manchester United's improvements should start with him.
Ronaldo spoke openly about his teammates prior to last weekend's clash with Aston Villa and discussed how younger players dislike criticism.
But the United attacker - who has scored 14 goals in 22 appearances in all competitions - has been pinpointed by the BBC panellist to have a negative side to his game.
The 36-year-old was absent from the 2-2 draw last time out at Villa Park. His Portuguese teammate Bruno Fernandes did feature and scored twice to give them a two-goal cushion but cracks were exploited as a five-minute salvo from the hosts to earned them a share of the spoils. “Manchester United interim boss Ralf Rangnick wants his players to hold each other to account after Cristiano Ronaldo questioned their mentality," he wrote in his Team of the Week column. “Ronaldo has expressed concern about the attitude of some his teammates and suggested it needs to be better for United to be successful this term. “I couldn't agree more - and it should start with him.
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