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.
Alan Shearer and Micah Richards compare Paul Pogba to Sir Alex Ferguson's flop transfer at Man United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukJuan Sebastian Veron has been compared with current Manchester United star Paul Pogba by pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards amid a discussion about the Argentinian's time at Old Trafford, Veron spent two years in Manchester, making more than 50 league appearances for United, before moving to Chelsea in 2003 but failed to cement a place in their side, playing just seven more times in the Premier League.
The comparison came with Richards describing Veron as a 'flash in the pan' and admitting both he and Pogba have been too inconsistent to truly shine in the United midfield.
Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson recently made a similar point, admitting he felt the introduction of Bruno Fernandes and Cristiano Ronaldo had affected the
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