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.
FIFA investigate Manchester United signing of Bruno Fernandes from Sporting Lisbon
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFIFA have launched an investigation after Sampdoria filed a complaint over the transfer that saw Bruno Fernandes sign for Manchester United from Sporting Lisbon.
United signed Fernandes for £47million in January and the Portuguese playmaker has enjoyed a stunning start to his Old Trafford career.
But Serie A side Sampdoria have claimed they are due a slice of that fee, having negotiated a 10% sell-on clause when selling Fernandes to Sporting in June 2017 for €8.5 million.
That would see Sporting having to pay Sampdoria around £4million after January's deal that took Fernandes to Old Trafford, but so far the money has gone unpaid, which has led the Italian club to file a complaint to the game's governing body, who will now investigate,
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