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 discloses the Manchester United icon who gets 'ripped' in WhatsApp group
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRio Ferdinand has revealed that Manchester United's Champions League-winning squad stay in contact through WhatsApp, with one member of that side a constant target of their jibes.
United lifted the European trophy for the third time in 2008 under Sir Alex Ferguson, beating Chelsea on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Moscow.
Ferdinand and Co had pipped Avram Grant's men to the Premier League title that year and followed it up with European glory in dramatic circumstances.
Fifteen years on from their success, Ferdinand revealed the group still talk regularly. It's unclear exactly who and how many of the team are in the chat but the former centre back turned pundit named a few of the usual suspects from that trophy-winning team, with Patrice Evra the usual victim of the group's playful attacks and is often entering and leaving the chat. READ ALSO: Manchester United player ratings vs Wolves as Raphael Varane and Bruno Fernandes good Speaking on The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan on Friday night, Ferdinand said: "You got like [Wayne] Rooney, [Patrice] Evra, [Darren] Fletcher, Nani… not [David] Beckham, he’s too old.
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