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.
What happened to Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes at Sampdoria amid FIFA transfer dispute
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United look a team transformed since January, largely thanks to the spectacular impact of Bruno Fernandes. The Portuguese star has given Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side a creative outlet so often missing at United in recent years, and the presence of a dedicated defence-splitting creative midfielder means they are no longer over-reliant on counter attacks to kill off stubborn opponents.
So far, Fernandes looks worth every penny of the initial £47m United paid Sporting CP for him during the last transfer window.
Italian club Sampdoria believe they are entitled to a slice of that fee, which could rise to as much as £67.6m. The Serie A side claim a 10% sell on-clause was part of the deal when they sold Fernandes to Sporting, meaning
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