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 Jose Mourinho told Tottenham players about Paul Pogba at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukat United in 2016. There were reports of a rift shortly before Mourinho's December 2018 exit, to be replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
But the new Amazon Prime documentary 'All or Nothing' charting Tottenham's 2019/20 season has given an indication of how much Mourinho admires Pogba.
It shows the Portuguese giving a dressing room talk to his Spurs squad before their clash with United in June - the first game back after the coronavirus pandemic paused football, which was drawn 1-1.
Mourinho instructed his players to press Pogba and revealed his admiration for the Frenchman's passing ability. Pogba came on as a second half substitute in the game and won the penalty from which Bruno Fernandes levelled the scored.
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