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 Manchester United continue their Premier League campaign on the road against Southampton, where they'll be looking to build upon the impressive opening weekend drubbing of Leeds United.
A hat-trick from Bruno Fernandes was accompanied by goals from Fred and Mason Greenwood, in a game that also saw Paul Pogba register four assists.
Those performances in front of the Old Trafford faithful have boosted optimism for the campaign ahead, with United heavy favourites for their clash against the Saints.
In this fixture last year, United fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 through Edinson Cavani's dramatic injury-time winner,
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