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 Darren Bent has told Jesse Lingard to leave Manchester United, suggesting the playmaker does not want to "get stuck" at Old Trafford.
Lingard had an outstanding second half of the season on loan at West Ham United, scoring nine goals and assisting four more from just 16 league games in East London.
The playmaker has struggled to find his best form under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer over the last 18 months, though, finding himself mostly out of the United side while Bruno Fernandes has shined.
Lingard might have hoped to find the scintillating form he often displayed under Jose Mourinho heading into the new season but is yet
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