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 target Bruno Fernandes rates unlikely to join due to Sporting Lisbon demands
dailystar.co.ukManchester United are unlikely to move for a pal of Bruno Fernandes, who the midfielder ‘rates’, because of Sporting Lisbon’s demands.
The Red Devils are expected to be busy this summer as they look to build on a season which has taken them second in the Premier League and to the Europa League final.
But they look set to keep hold of their top-scoring midfielder, who is reportedly about to sign a £200,000-a-week bumper deal at Old Trafford.
One of the former Sporting Lisbon star’s academy graduates, though, had been tentatively linked with United in Nuno Mendes, according to MEN .
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