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.
United chief Ed Woodward came in for criticism after failing to land top target Jadon Sancho last summer, while the Red Devils also missed out on Erling Haaland last January.
They did sign Bruno Fernandes - and the midfielder has been a revelation, inspiring United's surge up to third place in the Premier League last season and continuing to be hugely influential this term.
With the transfer window re-opening next month, Solskjaer has some tricky decisions to make. United have been inconsistent at times this season and crashed out of the Champions League at the group stage, but have produced an impressive run of results recently and are four points off the top of the Premier League following their Boxing Day draw at Leicester.So the manager.
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