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.
Both Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand think that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can afford to remove one of Manchester United's holding midfield players in most of the club's home matches.
Fred and Nemanja Matic started Saturday's 1-0 victory over West Brom at Old Trafford, with Scott McTominay replacing the Brazilian late on.
United earned a hard-fought three points thanks to a penalty from Bruno Fernandes, who scored a retaken kick after his first effort was saved, and in the aftermath of the Baggies seeing a penalty awarded by David Coote later wiped away by the official after he consulted VAR.
United's lack of creativity was an issue in the match, and after the game Scholes - one of the club's best ever midfielders - said that area is one
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