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.
Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United legend Roy Keane wasn't surprised that Bruno Fernandes was dropped again for Portugal's game against Belgium.
Fernandes is playing at this summer's European Championship with his nation and, while United's top goalscorer this season started in Portugal's opening two games of the tournament, coach Fernando Santos has notably since dropped the playmaker to the bench.
There was no room for Fernandes in Portugal's starting XI for their Round of 16 fixture against Belgium on Sunday night, but Keane wasn't surprised at his omission from the starting lineup, though, as he explained in the ITV studio when
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