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.
Real Madrid are reportedly set to launch a fresh bid for Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba this summer. Pogba has been widely tipped to leave United since last summer, when he appeared ready for a new challenge and said it would be "a dream" to play for Madrid.
The midfielder was also linked with a return to his former club Juventus, and the fact that he missed most of this season due to injury did nothing to quell the speculation.
However, Pogba has thrived since football's restart having been paired with January signing Bruno Fernandes for the first time.
And with the 27-year-old showing the kind of form that persuaded United to pay a then world-record £89million to Juve for him in 2016, Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane is ready to
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