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 transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free If you ask Manchester United fans who the first name on the team sheet is at the club you're likely to get two answers, Harry Maguire or Bruno Fernandes.
Both men made 51 starts last season and while Fernandes ended up with an additional seven appearances off the bench in comparison to Maguire, the defender's injury at the back end of the season affected that.
One thing that isn't up for debate though is Fernandes' importance to the attacking side of United's game under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
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