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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United are wearing their third kit for the first time this season, as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have taken the trip to the south coast to face Southampton.
United are looking to record two wins out of two, following their strong performance last weekend as they ran out convincing 5-1 winners at home to Leeds United, where Bruno Fernandes scored his first United hat-trick.
Solskjaer decided to stick with the 4-2-3-1 system ahead of this fixture, with Nemanja Matic and Anthony Martial coming in for Scott McTominay and Daniel James, respectively.
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