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 and Manchester City will miss the start of the season following their European exploits, according to reports.
Ole Gunnar Solskajer’s side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League semi-final on Sunday despite taking an early lead through Bruno Fernandes.Just 24 hours earlier neighbours Manchester City exited the Champions League at the quarter-final stage after losing 3-1 to Lyon.Both teams can now enjoy a brief summer break before the 2020-21 season kicks off on September 12.However, with teams promised a minimum of 30 days off once they had completed their 2019/20 campaign it means they will miss the opening round of matches.Both Manchester clubs now face the possibility of starting their campaigns a few.
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