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.
straight to your inbox every day, freeManchester United midfielder Paul Pogba believes he has benefited from playing for France across their three November internationals.Pogba played for 57 minutes in France's surprising home defeat by Finland before starting in the Nations League wins over Portugal and Sweden ahead of his return to Manchester.
The 27-year-old has endured a poor start to the season and was dropped by United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after the 6-1 trouncing by Tottenham last month.
Pogba could start on the bench again for the Saturday night visit of West Brom after the performances of midfield trio Scott McTominay, Fred and Bruno Fernandes in the 3-1 win over Everton two weeks ago.
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