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.
Sporting Lisbon president makes admission about Bruno Fernandes transfer value
mirror.co.ukThe coronavirus crisis could have halved Bruno Fernandes' market value. That's according to Sporting Lisbon president Federico Varandas, who claims the midfielder would now cost much less than the £67million Manchester United splashed out on him in January.
Red Devils manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made Fernandes his number one target ahead of the winter window. But the Norwegian waited until Deadline Day to get the transfer over the line, parting with £47m up front, with a further £20m to be paid in installments.
Discussing the deal, and how it could have been very different had it taken place amid the pandemic, Varandas told RTP: "The crisis caused by Covid-19 harms the European football industry in general. "But, of all countries,
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