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.
There is "no point" in Manchester United making a summer swoop for Philippe Coutinho, according to the club's former striker Dimitar Berbatov.
Coutinho's future is up in the air right now with the former Liverpool playmaker surplus to requirements at Barcelona and due to return from a mixed season on loan at Bayern Munich.
United are among the clubs who have been linked with a move, either permanently or on another loan deal. But Berbatov believes the impact made by United's January signing Bruno Fernandes in the No.10 role means there is no need for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side to pursue Coutinho. "There have been a lot of Premier League clubs linked with him, Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle and even Manchester United, but sometimes the
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