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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explains impact Bruno Fernandes can have on Scott McTominay
dailystar.co.ukManchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is certain that Bruno Fernandes is the perfect figure to bring the best out of Scott McTominay.
The Portuguese playmaker has had a positive impact at United since his January arrival from Sporting Lisbon, helping the Red Devils win four and draw the other three of his seven games.
McTominay has earned excellent reviews in the absences of the injured Paul Pogba and Solskjaer believes Fernandes will help the Scottish midfielder take his game to another level altogether.
He said: “Bruno can help Scott improve, definitely. Bruno is going to give us loads and he is going to help the young kids. “I wouldn’t call Scotty a kid – he is 23 – but he is still learning the game. “Bruno knows it inside out – he
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