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.
Manchester United or not having struggled for minutes for the past few seasons.The Spaniard joined the Red Devils from Chelsea in 2014 for £37.1million and was a key figure in their squad at that time.However, over the past few campaigns, the former Valencia player has slipped down the pecking order under the management of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – namely due to the arrival of Bruno Fernandes, who has stolen his attacking midfielder (no.10) spot.Mata made just nine Premier League appearances last season and is yet to feature this year either, and the 33-year-old is tempted to end his bench-warming spell for regular football elsewhere.According to The Sun, Mata is considering leaving Old Trafford in January, may that be on a pre-contract.
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