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.
Marcel Sabitzer was keen to praise Manchester United teammate Jadon Sancho after the England international scored in the Premier League win over Leicester City on Sunday.
Erik ten Hag's men cruised to 3-0 victory over Brendan Rodgers' men at Old Trafford, with Rashford (2) and Sancho both on the scoresheet for home side.
The Reds were lucky to be level at the half-time break, but the home side came out of the blocks firing in the second half and were worthy winners in the end.
Leicester had several chances to take the lead in the first half, but David de Gea was in superb form for United and made two spectacular saves to deny the visitors.
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