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.
Jose Mourinho and Jurgen Klopp correctly predicted Bruno Fernandes would take the Premier League by storm and strengthen Manchester United.
The Red Devils splashed out £47million to land the Portugal international in the January transfer window, and are yet to taste defeat with the midfielder in the side.
Mourinho spoke out on Fernandes prior to him joining United, where he stated the midfielder "has it all". "I was surprised by the season of Bruno Fernandes," he told Eleven Sports. "It was easy to predict quality, he is a very good player, but scored a very high number of goals for a midfield player. "It shows that you need to have instinct and qualities to score and he has it all. "He strikes the ball well, heads well, cool when he is
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