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 are battling a number of absences ahead of Saturday’s lunchtime trip to West Ham, with several defenders unavailable.
Diogo Dalot’s red card against Liverpool last weekend rules him out of the visit to London, while Harry Maguire is expected to miss the clash.
Victor Lindelof has joined Lisandro Martinez on the sidelines after the Swede recently underwent surgery for an unspecified problem.
Erik ten Hag revealed on Friday that a number of players have been suffering illness and so more players could potentially be ruled out.
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