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 slammed over 'panic buy' Donny van de Beek following transfer from Ajax
mirror.co.ukManchester United have been criticised over the signing of Donny van de Beek after the Dutchman completed his move to Old Trafford this week.
The 23-year-old has swapped Ajax for life in the Premier League in a £40million deal on Thursday. His addition further grows the wealth of midfield options at Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's disposal.
But Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson feels the deal was unnecessary . "Donny van de Beek looks like a panic buy at Manchester United," Merson told The Daily Star. "I don’t get it.
They just spent £40m on a position where they are already strong and how does he play with Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes? "You have to have someone who can play the holding role. "That signing looked to me like: 'Oh we haven’t bought
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