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 are about to find out how important Paul Pogba really is to them
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxFor once the mood music around Paul Pogba at Manchester United was relatively quiet. While the front three had attracted the attention since the Premier League restarted in June and Bruno Fernandes was lauded for transforming the midfield, United's World Cup winner was silently and serenely edging his way back to fitness.But then came the penalty he gave away against West Ham United at Old Trafford and instantly the judgements on Pogba were back.
His handball against the Hammers had no impact on United's season in the end, but there's no doubt it could have been costly.His split-second reaction to raise his hands to Declan Rice's free-kick elicited little sympathy.
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