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.
Garth Crooks says Bruno Fernandes caused "a sudden sense of panic" in the Manchester United ranks when he needed treatment against Sheffield United.
Crooks believes the body language of the United stars when the Portugal international went down shows just how important he is to the success of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team.
And being without Fernandes for any reason is not worth thinking about where Manchester United are concerned, highlighting just how precarious the Red Devils' recent success is. "There was a moment when Bruno Fernandes required treatment against Sheffield United and there was a sudden sense of panic in the Manchester United ranks,"Crooks told the BBC, while assembling his team of the week. "The Portugal midfielder has,
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