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 United transfer fury escalates as thousands more demand 'best player' deal ripped up
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe supporter-led petition battling Matthijs de Ligt's proposed transfer to Manchester United has exploded in a matter of days, now passing the 36,000 mark.
Earlier in the week, Bayern Munich fans raged at the idea that the club were so primed to move the 24-year-old on, only two years on from his arrival.
The petition, started on June 11, had hit 7,000 signatures only four days ago - 350 signing that day - once United's interest was announced.
Now in a much shorter space of time, the online change.org petition has exploded and received the backing of almost 20,000 more people as of July 6.
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