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 manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer compares Edinson Cavani to Romelu Lukaku
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United have finally offset the sale of Romelu Lukaku with Edinson Cavani.Cavani came on at half-time with United 2-0 down at Southampton and inspired them to a 3-2 victory, assisting Bruno Fernandes' strike before netting twice - the winner coming in added time.
The 33-year-old joined United on deadline day on October 5 and only made his first start in the midweek Champions League win over Istanbul Basaksehir, but is now pushing to start against former club Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
United sold Lukaku to Inter Milan in August 2019 and the only striker they eventually signed to offset his departure was Odion Ighalo on deadline day in January.
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