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.
Gary Neville admits Bruno Fernandes proved him wrong about Man Utd transfer strategy
mirror.co.ukGary Neville admits Manchester United may not need "four of five players" should Bruno Fernandes continue performing. The Portuguese star has been a rare piece of solid recruitment at Old Trafford with their activity in the transfer market holding them back in recent years.
Neville thought that United were in desperate need of fresh faces and felt they may need almost half a team to improve. But with Fernandes present the former Red Devil claims they feel "unbeatable".
The 26-year-old has not been a United player for a year yet but has had a phenomenal impact on the club and his team-mates. United have suffered massively since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement, but Neville reckons the playmaker is their best signing since his departure in
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