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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United fans hailed Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes as the best midfield pairing in world football after the Reds booked their place in the Europa League quarter-finals.
With the last-16 tie against AC Milan in the balance ahead of their trip to the San Siro, Pogba came off the bench to settle proceedings.
It was an excellent second-half United performance, with Pogba's winner enough to see them complete 'The Italian Job' - as Fernandes described it on his social media channels post-match.
In posting a celebratory dressing room image of the pair, the Portuguese ace drew the same response from United fans across the
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