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.
Interim manager Ralf Rangnick will be looking to make a winning start to life in charge of Manchester United when they welcome Crystal Palace to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
United, who have won just one of their last four meetings with the Londoners, will be looking to build on Thursday evening's thrilling 3-2 victory over Arsenal, which brought an end to their three-game winless run in the league.
Cristiano Ronaldo netted a brace and Bruno Fernandes scored his first Premier League goal since September to help the Reds come out on top and end Michael Carrick's time at the club on a high.
However, focus now switches to life under new manager Rangnick, who addressed the media for the very first time on Friday morning in a press
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