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.
Bruno Fernandes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer agree on Donny van de Beek at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have both gone out of their way to praise Donny van de Beek ahead of the new season.
Van de Beek, 24, joined Manchester United a year ago but struggled to adapt to English football in his tricky debut campaign at the club.
Despite early signs of promise, the Dutch midfielder failed to ever secure a regular first-team role and was not helped by the sporadic appearances handed to him by Solskjaer.
Ahead of the new campaign Van de Beek has been hitting the gym to add more physicality to his game and his efforts certainly haven't gone unnoticed.
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