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 fans loved what Bruno Fernandes did to Jesse Lingard away from TV cameras
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeThe arrival of Bruno Fernandes was one of the main reasons Jesse Lingard couldn't cement a place in the first-team at Manchester United.
However, the respect both men have for each other is clearly strong as a video recorded by United's global head of social media prior to kick-off demonstrates.
The 28-year-old has started life in east London brilliantly, already scoring four goals for the Irons since making the temporary switch in January, but Premier League rules prevented Lingard from featuring against his parent club.His future at United is unclear at the moment and, considering his form for West Ham, David Moyes could be eyeing a permanent deal this summer.
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