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 "wasn't fixed for Paul Pogba to thrive" before Bruno Fernandes' arrival, according to Rio Ferdinand. The Frenchman has performed impressively since returning from injury in his side's 1-1 draw at Tottenham last month.
He scored in United's 3-0 win at Aston Villa last time out and is beginning to look like the £89m the Red Devils signed in 2016.
Ferdinand believes the World Cup winner was carrying too much weight on his shoulders before Fernandes arrived at Old Trafford.
But having the Portuguese star is the starting XI gives Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side the right balance which allowed Pogba to express himself. "He'd (Pogba) have been licking his lips in the training ground listening to the lads," the former United
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