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 To say it’s been a difficult period for Donny van de Beek since joining Manchester United last season is an understatement.
Since joining from Ajax in 2020 for £35million, Van de Beek has found his chances at Old Trafford limited. Whether it’s displacing the undroppable Bruno Fernandes as the creative focal point in the starting 11 or breaking up the duo of Fred and Scott McTominay at the base of midfield, the Dutchman has often been confined to watching on from the dugout.
Wednesday evening saw things boil over. With United level with Villarreal in the Champions League, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer turned to the
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