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 confirm team news vs Atletico Madrid
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United could have a fully fit squad to choose from for their Champions League round-of-16 second leg with Atletico Madrid.
Bruno Fernandes missed the 3-2 win over Tottenham on Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19 last week but is in contention to return for the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid.
The Manchester Evening News revealed Fernandes had returned to United's Carrington training complex and Luke Shaw, who was also absent for the Tottenham win as well as the 4-1 thrashing by Manchester City with Covid, was at Carrington on Monday morning.
Both players stayed on site after arriving. Read more: Fred has left some teammates without any excuses Scott McTominay sat out the Spurs win with a calf problem but trained on Monday morning along with Fernandes, Shaw and the rest of the squad.
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