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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first trophy at Manchester United remains elusive, and there’s been much debate over how much progress the club has made since his appointment.
However, it’s important to remember the squad the Norwegian inherited from his predecessor, Jose Mourinho, as Solskjaer was tasked with clearing out United’s hefty wage bill.
It’s fair to say Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James and Bruno Fernandes have all been recent signings that have been relatively successful at United.
Of course, Fernandes would clearly be the pick of the transfers from Solskjaer's reign, but it’s also interesting to scrutinise the
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