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.
Solskjaer asked about Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes partnership at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed he has been thinking about the possibility of Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes playing in the same team this season.
Fernandes has made an instant impact since joining the club from Sporting Lisbon in January and has allowed Solskjaer to utilise a new formation at United - with the playmaker at the top of a diamond supported by Fred, Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic.
United are unbeaten in nine games in all competitions and Fernandes' performances in the centre of the pitch has left fans eager to see how the Portugal international would perform alongside Pogba.
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