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.
Fred has been handed a new Manchester United role
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJadon Sancho and others, United took a different tack. They signed in a position where they already looked fairly strong, bolstering their midfield with the addition of Donny van de Beek from Ajax.That is not to say Van de Beek is a bad signing.
The opposite may be truer, in fact, given United only paid an up-front fee of £35million, which represented good value for money compared to two of their other targets, in Jack Grealish and James Maddison.But Van de Beek comes into a crowded area at Old Trafford, whatever position in which you bracket him.
He can play as a more conventional central midfielder or as a No.10, with United boasting Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Scott McTominay and Fred as his competition across those two.
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