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 legend snubs Paul Pogba when choosing first-choice starting XI
mirror.co.ukManchester United great Bryan Robson thinks Paul Pogba could be left out of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's first-choice starting 11 this season due to the quality for competition in the midfield area.
United completed the signing of Dutchman Donny van de Beek from Ajax for £40m last month, and they now certainly appear to have a lot of strength in depth in the centre of the park.
In their Premier League opening day loss to Crystal Palace, Solskjaer opted to start Pogba and Scott McTominay, with Bruno Fernandes playing just in front of them.
After they fell behind, Van de Beek was brought on for Pogba, and managed to score and make a positive impact despite the eventual 3-1 defeat.
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