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.
Manchester United fans sent a funny chant in Frenkie de Jong's direction during Thursday’s Europa League play-off win over Barcelona.
The Dutchman played the full 90 minutes at Old Trafford as the hosts ran out 2-1 winners and they'll face Real Betis in the last-16 as a reward.
The midfielder had been Erik ten Hag’s top target over the summer but a move failed to materialise. De Jong has always publicly maintained that his preference is to stay at the Nou Camp.
Reds fans are thankful that Casemiro was signed instead, given his epic performances this season, including against Barcelona. READ MORE: What Erik ten Hag told players at half-time vs Barcelona However, the United fanbase has not forgotten about their club’s chase of De Jong and sent him a cheeky message from the terraces during his visit to Manchester.
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