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.
Roy Keane has picked Paul Scholes as the player who would improve the current Manchester United side. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer ' s side were unbeaten in 11 fixtures prior to the postponement of professional football and were on course to reach the semi-finals of the Europa League.
United added Bruno Fernandes and Odion Ighalo to their squad in the January transfer window and both players have hit the ground running at Old Trafford.
The Reds are expected to strengthen their squad further in the upcoming transfer window with Jadon Sancho, Jack Grealish and James Maddison their priority targets.
When discussing what former United players would improve the current team, Keane feels another midfielder is what Solskjaer requires.
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