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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Andreas Pereira is 'not closing the door' on any potential club amid uncertainty surrounding his Manchester United future.
The midfielder has spent this season on loan at Serie A side Lazio after falling out of favour with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the arrival of Bruno Fernandes at Old Trafford in January 2020.
While Pereira has made 31 appearances in Rome the vast majority have come as a substitute and he has done little to play his way back into the United team, especially with the club looking to add a new midfielder to the squad this summer.
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