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 morning headlines as Alexis Sanchez makes transfer claim after Arsenal move
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxHere are the Manchester United morning headlines for Friday, September 4.Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen says he is 100% sure new signing Donny van de Beek will play alongside Bruno Fernandes.
United earlier this week made Van de Beek their first signing of the summer by capturing the 23-year-old in a £40.1million deal from Ajax.
And while his arrival has generated excitement, some have questioned how he fits into a United midfield alongside Bruno and Paul Pogba. "They can’t rely on just Bruno Fernandes, who’s been brilliant, there’s been so much said about him and rightly so because he changed basically the whole way United play," Meulensteen told talkSPORT."Before that it was a lot of huff and puff.
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