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 might have to try wildcard Cristiano Ronaldo solution to captaincy issue
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAs Manchester United's beaten and battered players waited for confirmation of Brighton's fourth goal at the Amex Stadium, their captain was making his point. 'You're not fit to wear the shirt' was the invective flowing from the away end and this motley crew needed a lift, but Bruno Fernandes wasn't making his point to them.
Instead, the man with the armband on was pestering referee Andrew Madley for the umpteenth time in the game. Madley was waiting for VAR Chris Kavanagh to confirm whether or not a hand had been used in scoring the goal, but Fernandes could not possibly have seen and he was powerless to intervene with the technology anyway. READ MORE: How Ronaldo is helping United's Class of '22 in FA Youth Cup quest What United needed at that point was a captain issuing a rallying cry.
Someone trying to lift heads, urging players to salvage pride, to prove the away end wrong. What they got was a player who is earning a reputation of being a constant whinger on the pitch, more concerned with berating officials than encouraging his own teammates, having another go.
Fernandes has the armband in the absence of permanent skipper Harry Maguire, but he is a considerably worse captain than the United centre back.
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