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 stars Pogba and Fernandes 'too offensive' to bring success, Liverpool FC favourite claims
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inboxManchester United will not challenge for the Premier League title with Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes playing in the same team.
That is the opinion of former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy.Murphy believes a midfield including Pogba and Fernandes makes United "too offensive" as they look to build on their third-placed finish from last season.Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have started the 2020-21 campaign with a win and a draw in the league, losing at home to Crystal Palace before edging past Brighton 3-2 on Saturday, thanks to a dramatic last-gasp Fernandes penalty."I said intially when Fernandes came that it was going to be a problem, and I still think it is a problem, that Pogba and Fernandes in the same team makes.
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