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.
Jadon Sancho has poked fun at Bruno Fernandes for his choice of preferred superhero after the Manchester United playmaker labelled his Batman pyjamas as the 'best collection' in the league.
Both United players have struggled during a disappointing season so far for the Reds, though the club hope a corner has been turned following Ralf Rangnick's appointment.
The pair have enjoyed starts in the last three successive wins which has springboarded them back in contention for the Champions League places.
Off the pitch, though, there remain light-hearted disagreements when it comes to Marvel and DC. Fernandes posted on Instagram to his 6.4m followers: "Best pajamas [sic] collection of the @PremierLeague? "P.S.: Matilde is not very impressed
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