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 react to Bruno Fernandes benching but make Paul Pogba point
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United fans have praised Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's starting line-up for the Reds' game against West Ham.United made five changes from the side that won their last Premier League game at Southampton, with Paul Pogba, Scott McTominay, Edinson Cavani, Anthony Martial and Dean Henderson all starting.
Henderson was handed his first Premier League start for the Reds due to an injury to David De Gea. Yet it was the decision to start Pogba and leave Bruno Fernandes on the bench that proved a talking point among fans, with many seeing Solskjaer's point of view in resting the Portuguese midfielder.
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