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.
Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes arrived at the Manchester United training ground at similar times ahead of training together.
The United players were given time-slots to report on their return to the club's Carrington complex on Wednesday as training resumed ahead of the possible Premier League restart next month.
United have organised group training sessions for their squad and the MEN understands Pogba and Fernandes reported on Thursday around the same time.
Pogba has not played for United since Boxing Day due to an ankle injury and Fernandes arrived from Sporting Lisbon in a £68million deal in the January transfer window.
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