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.
Ian Wright makes Arsenal transfer claim about Manchester United signing Donny van de Beek
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox Ian Wright has suggested Donny van de Beek would have been a more appropriate signing for Arsenal than Manchester United.
The Dutch midfielder is Ed Woodward's only summer signing to date, having joined from Ajax earlier in the window. Van de Beek's arrival prompted questions as to how Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will fit him into the same team as Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba.
The 23-year-old scored on his Premier League debut off the bench against Crystal Palace, after Scott McTominay had started as United's holding midfielder along with Fernandes and Pogba.Van de Beek did line up in United's 3-0 Carabao Cup victory over Luton Town but in an attacking midfield role, prompting further questions over where he would fit in.
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