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 boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to throw Donny van de Beek in from the start for his Premier League debut against Crystal Palace.
And the Norwegian is ready to use the Dutchman in the same midfield as Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes, as United look to start the season with a bang at Old Trafford.
Van de Beek, the £40million arrival from Ajax, has impressed at the club’s Carrington training ground since completing his move.
But Solskjaer has faced questions over precisely how he can fit he, Pogba and Fernandes all in the same starting lineup. In a game where United are expected to dominate possession on Saturday, he is ready to use all three, while keeping Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford in the wide attacking roles,
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