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.
'We need time' - what Manchester United are expecting from Joshua Zirkzee ahead of debut
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJoshua Zirkzee was handily holidaying in Los Angeles. Unlike Kobbie Mainoo, he did not touch base with his new Manchester United teammates at UCLA.
While United were bracing themselves for Rasmus Hojlund's diagnosis, their new striker was already back in Manchester under the watchful eye of Steve McClaren.
Zirkzee played a meagre four minutes for the Netherlands at the European Championship but he was entitled to a three-week break.
The 23-year-old did not take the full three weeks off. There were 19 days between his cameo against England in Dortmund in the semi-final and his arrival at Carrington.
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