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 Utd give Raul Jimenez and Declan Rice same transfer status as Bruno Fernandes
dailystar.co.ukManchester United pulled out all the stops for Bruno Fernandes in the January transfer window. But their desire to land the Portuguese playmaker came after long-term interest during which he was viewed a low priority target.
According to the Independent, Fernandes did not make it into the higher groupings of United ’s priority-based classification of transfer targets until right before his move from Sporting Lisbon.
The same low-priority status has now been given to West Ham midfielder Declan Rice and Wolves star Raul Jimenez with both having the potential to rise as Fernandes did when the transfer window opens.
It is claimed that United have three top priorities in the form of Jadon Sancho, Jack Grealish and Joe Rodon with centre-backs
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