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.
Man City stance on Sporting left back Nuno Mendes ahead of transfer window
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City are not planning to launch a bid to sign Sporting left-back Nuno Mendes this summer as they prioritise a centre-forward in the transfer window.
The Blues have been heavily linked with Mendes this year, who has impressed in a league where Bruno Fernandes and Ruben Dias have recently come from and become some of the standout players in the Premier League.
City have struggled at left-back in recent years, and Ajax defender Nicolas Tagliafico was one of the options they looked at last summer before keeping Aleks Zinchenko.
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