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.
Rio Ferdinand criticises Man Utd transfer decision as he issues Ole Gunnar Solskjaer plea
mirror.co.ukRio Ferdinand has questioned why Manchester United paid a considerable sum to sign Donny van de Beek only to leave him out of the starting line-up on a regular basis.
The Red Devils paid an initial £35million to land the highly-rated midfielder from Ajax last summer. But Van de Beek has made just two Premier League starts since moving to Old Trafford and is very much second choice in the No.
10 role behind Bruno Fernandes. The Dutchman showed glimpses of his quality as he made a rare start in the FA Cup defeat at Leicester on Sunday, though he was hauled off just after the hour mark.
While Ferdinand insists Van de Beek deserves more opportunities in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side, he questioned how shrewd it was to buy the 23-year-old. "
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