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.
The £47million transfer gamble that has paid off for Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United's recruitment has improved in recent years, with more productive decisions and fewer mistakes made in the transfer market, allowing Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to gradually improve his team.
Arguably the club's most successful signing in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era has been Bruno Fernandes, who has been at the club for less than 18 months but has already made quite the impact in England.
As United 's busy schedule continues, the Portuguese is set to come up against one of the players who was also on the club's shortlist as they searched for a new No.10 two years ago.
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