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.
Manchester United don't need Philippe Coutinho after the arrival of Bruno Fernandes, says Rio Ferdinand. The Bayern Munich loanee is facing an uncertain future when he returns to Barcelona at the end of the season.
No fewer than four Premier League clubs, including United, have been tipped to bring Coutinho back to England. But Ferdinand insists Fernandes' recent arrival means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doesn't need the Brazilian at Old Trafford. "I would have said Man Utd before Bruno Fernandes turned up, but not now.
Would he improve Spurs?" the former defender said in an Instagram Q and A on Monday. "Yes he would, 100 percent. People like [Harry] Kane, Dele [Alli], Son [Heung-Min] etc.
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