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 has praised Bruno Fernandes' message of unity amid claims of a crisis at Manchester United. Fernandes channeled his inner Jose Mourinho to deliver a message to the world, in which he adopted a siege mentality. "If anyone wants to cause a conflict within Manchester it's not me nor any teammate," said the Portugal international. "They are outsiders, they want to create a bad atmosphere in the dressing room and they will not succeed, because the group is united and is focused on giving an important answer already in Newcastle." Mourinho has been known to adopt a siege mentality, and did so often when he was Manchester United boss.
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