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.
straight to your inbox every day for freeFormer Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has said Donny van de Beek made the wrong choice in moving to Old Trafford.United paid an initial £35million fee to bring Van de Beek to Old Trafford from Dutch giants Ajax in the summer, though he has flitted in and out of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team.
Van de Beek was an unused substitute in United's 0-0 draw with City in the Manchester derby on Saturday.Now Van Gaal, who has managed both United and Ajax, has given his verdict on the signing.Speaking to Ziggo Sport he suggested Van de Beek should not have moved to United, knowing he had to compete with Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba.He said: “I hope his time will come, but I don’t think he made a good.
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