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 Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Ince has blasted former Liverpool defender Graeme Souness for his refusal to give Paul Pogba praise for his outstanding showing against Leeds United on Saturday.
The France international, who is out-of-contract at Old Trafford next summer, made a blistering start to the new Premier League campaign, claiming four assists to help United secure a very impressive 5-1 opening day victory.
But despite claiming four assists, two of which set Bruno Fernandes on his way to a hat-trick, it was not enough to attract praise from long-term critic Souness, who has frequently criticised Pogba
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