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.
Mike Phelan pinpoints change in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Man Utd
dailystar.co.ukMike Phelan reckons management has changed Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for the better. The former striker was drafted in to replace Jose Mourinho following the Portuguese chief’s dismissal.
The arrangement was only meant to a temporary - with Solskjaer effectively still in charge of Molde at the time - but an agreement was reached to keep him at Old Trafford permanently.
His job looked in doubt earlier this season. But he turned things around and spent a hefty £48m on Bruno Fernandes in January.
Phelan, who also knows Solskjaer well from his tenure as Sir Alex Ferguson’s assistant, says there’s been a steep development curve. “Obviously, I think Ole is now more thoughtful as a team manager than when he was an individual player,” he told the
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