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 next manager search addressed by Rio Ferdinand as he admits no 'Pep' available
dailyrecord.co.ukFormer Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand has stressed the importance of the club making the correct managerial appointment in order to progress back to the heights they had achieved in the Champions League.
The Red Devils presently have Ralf Rangnick in post as interim boss until the end of the season and while the current incumbent remains a potential option beyond that period, there have been no shortage of names proffered to fill the role.
Ferdinand told talkSPORT: “Pochettino and (Erik) ten Hag are the front-runners but there’s not a ‘Pep’ out there that’s available when Manchester City were looking for a manager.
A go-to guy who get 100% certainty for in terms of your own mind as being perfect. “It’s a very difficult one but a very significant appointment that we are waiting to see made by the Manchester United hierarchy but they’ve got to get this right.“The coach is an important part of the jigsaw that we need to get right as they are the driver of the culture as well.
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