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.
Manchester United’s transfer success rate has been hit-and-miss in recent times, but the club struck gold when they completed the £47million signing of Bruno Fernandes last year.The Portugal international moved to Old Trafford from Sporting CP in January 2020, signed as an alternative to Leicester playmaker James Maddison after he was linked with his own move to Manchester.Fernandes wasted no time developing cult status in England, proving his place as the superior selection for a number of reasons.United host Leicester in the Premier League on Tuesday when both architects will look to prove they have the blueprints to success, with the Foxes still yet to secure a top-four finish.Being able to play 50 games or more per season is a mark of.
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