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 reported to FIFA over Bruno Fernandes to Man Utd transfer
dailystar.co.ukSporting Lisbon have reportedly been reported to FIFA by Sampdoria over their failure to pay fees regarding Bruno Fernandes' transfer to Manchester United.
Fernandes joined the Portuguese club from Sampdoria for a reported fee of around £7million plus bonuses in June 2017. But the deal included a sell-on clause which left the Italian club due a significant windfall when he was sold to Manchester United for a hefty fee of £46.5million potentially rising to £66.6million in the January transfer window.
Italian newspaper Il Secolo XIX now claim Sampdoria are owed £4million from Sporting Lisbon after the deal went through and have reported the club to FIFA after not receiving their installment.
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