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 has weighed into the debate over Manchester United's best midfield by identifying a trio who "looked sensational" when they lined up together.
United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has chopped and changed his options in the centre of the park this season, with Paul Pogba, Fred, Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic regularly rotated.
Bruno Fernandes has been the only regular in midfield as he continues to take on an increasingly important role for the club.
Scholes named the pair who should line up behind Fernandes in midfield as he referenced United's impressive unbeaten run as football returned in Project Restart. "I think a 4-2-1-3 suits United down to the ground," Scholes told BT Sport . "There was a period last season after the
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