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.
Donny van de Beek gets more bad news with latest Man Utd midfield assessment
mirror.co.ukDonny van de Beek is "very unfortunate" because he is competing for minutes with the best attacking midfielder in the world.
That's according to Dirk Kuyt, who claims there is no better No.10 around at the moment than Bruno Fernandes. The Red Devils ace has contributed a remarkable 21 goals and 11 assists this season and is widely considered to be United's most important player.
In contrast, Van de Beek has one goal and one assist to his name since moving to Old Trafford from Ajax in a £40million transfer last summer.
Kuyt admits his compatriot has had so few opportunities because he plays in the same position as Fernandes. "I think Donny has been very unfortunate because there are no better players than [Bruno] Fernandes in the world at
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