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 need to do what Bayern Munich are doing to get another Bruno Fernandes
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The Manchester United Under-21s' defeat to Accrington Stanley kicked off an hour before the first-team lined up in Leipzig and, of the two, the finer football was played at the Crown Ground.
Facundo Pellistri craftily scored his second goal for the United second string, duping goalkeeper and defender, and Anthony Elanga continued his burgeoning start to the campaign with a virtuoso solo effort that started midway inside his own half.Pellistri turns 19 on December 20 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has named the Uruguayan on the bench twice in the Champions League.
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