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.
Paul Scholes makes cautious Manchester United title prediction after Leeds win
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Paul Scholes believes it may be one year too soon for Manchester United to win the Premier League this season.
That is despite the former United midfielder admitting he is very excited by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side after their 5-1 demolition of Leeds in the opening game of the campaign.
Bruno Fernandes' hat-trick in front of a sell-out Old Trafford crowd — the first since before the covid-19 pandemic — set United on course for a dream first day back in league action.
But Scholes has warned you often see teams' title charges coming, as was the case when Liverpool and Manchester City recently won the league.
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