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.
Wolves star jokes Bruno Fernandes is blocking his Manchester United transfer
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWolves star Diogo Jota has joked that Bruno Fernandes is blocking him from making a move to Manchester United in the summer transfer window.
United are one of many sides to have been linked with a move for the Portuguese forward when the transfer market finally reopens later this year.
The 23-year-old has been a star performer for Wolves this season contributing 15 goals and six assists in 37 games for Nuno Espirito Santo's side throughout the campaign.
Jota admits he is flattered by the interest linking him with a big move this summer, but has joked that compatriot Fernandes has already taken his desired shirt number at Old Trafford. “(Laughs) No, to begin with, I am ’18’ and now Bruno Fernandes is also ’18’, so we would soon have a
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