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 is aiming to become the best player in the world when he returns from an ankle injury. Pogba, 27, has not started for Manchester United since their 1-1 draw with Arsenal on September 30 and he managed two substitute appearances either side of Christmas before a recurrence of an ankle problem.
Pogba underwent surgery at the start of January that sidelined him for more than two months. The France international has not played since a 45-minute outing against Newcastle on Boxing Day and United coped superbly without Pogba following the arrival of Bruno Fernandes in late January, beating Chelsea and Manchester City in an 11-match unbeaten run.
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