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.
Why Sporting Lisbon want Man Utd to earn Champions League spot in final two games
dailystar.co.ukManchester United fan-favourite Bruno Fernandes has been a revelation since joining the club back in January. Upon arriving at Old Trafford, reaching the Champions League via a top-four finish looked a forlorn hope for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
But with two games remaining, United are now just one point off third and only sit outside the top four on goals scored.Sporting Lisbon will be hoping Fernandes and co.
make the competition in the coming week, due to a clause in the midfielder's contract.Portuguese outlet A Bola report Sporting are in line to pocket €5m (£4.5m) should United qualify for the competition this season.United probably wouldn't have expected the clause to be met this summer when Fernandes arrived but will surely take.
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