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.
Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free After three defeats in four games, the pressure is beginning to ramp up on Manchester United and their manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Reds lost 1-0 to Aston Villa on Saturday at Old Trafford in dramatic fashion. A Kortney Hause header put the visitors in front on 88 minutes, before Bruno Fernandes missed the chance to equalise in injury time from the penalty spot, hammering his effort well over the bar.
Given United made three high-profile investments in the summer in the form of Cristiano Ronaldo, Jadon Sancho and Raphael Varane, the expectation was that they would challenge for the Premier League this season.
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