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 unhappy with the way Bruno Fernandes was portrayed as having feigned injury in the dying moments of their weekend defeat to Fulham in the Premier League.
A clip posted to Fulham's official TikTok account showed Fernandes going down with an injury in the dying moments of the Old Trafford defeat before he got bac to his feet in an attempt to try and find a winning goal for his side.
The short video clip was captioned, 'so glad he's okay' along with a rolling eyes emoji, suggesting the London club were not convinced about the legitimacy of his injury claim.
United are not looking to make an issue with Fulham over the 'regrettable' footage but are disappointed by the wider portrayal of the incident and mischaracterisation of their club captain. RATINGS: How the United players rated in Forest win MATCH REACTION: Ten Hag signing failed their derby audition Sources close to the player believe many other individuals would have been substituted after the hefty knock he received in the match, while Fernandes not only carried on but fought to be involved in their FA Cup victory over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night.
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