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 legend tells Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to drop Paul Pogba
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPogba has started both of United’s Premier League games this season starting alongside Bruno Fernandes and Nemanja Matic in the middle of the park for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
That has meant that summer arrival Donny van de Beek has had to settle for a place on the bench, coming on to score in his debut against Crystal Palace. “I would probably go with Fernandes, Matic and De Beek [in central midfield] and just see where they go with it,” he told TalkSPORT . “We’ve got Scott McTominay, Fred who can do that holding role.
Then you’ve got Pogba.“I thought Paul started off poor even though he finished the season really strong. Maybe it is just a matter of time for the lads to get going.
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