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.
The January transfer window is expected to be a quiet one for most of the bigger Premier League teams this year, but history tells us they could well surprise us all with a money-spinning move or two.
Manchester United spent big last year to bring in Bruno Fernandes, with the Portuguese playmaker arriving for £46.6million. Arsenal have a history of spending big in January, too, having brought in the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Andrei Arshavin in recent years.
There are a few surprise names in the list, however, and teams should be reassured that the stats suggest they don’t always need to spend big.
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