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 sends defiant message to Man Utd chiefs over Paul Pogba contract
mirror.co.ukOle Gunnar Solskjaer has admitted he believes Paul Pogba deserves a new contract. The Manchester United midfielder has one year left on his current £175,000-a-week deal and his manager has tried to dampen speculation that he could leave the club this summer.
Despite Pogba having spent most of the season on the sidelines with an ankle injury, Real Madrid and Juventus are rumoured to be interested in buying the World Cup winner.
The Frenchman claimed last year that he wanted a “new challenge” and has struggled to settle at United since returning from Juventus for a club record £90million in 2016.
But the midfielder has impressed in his budding partnership with January signing Bruno Fernandes since the restart of the Premier League season
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