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.
Former Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emmanuel Petit believes Manchester United's January signing Bruno Fernandes has shown up Paul Pogba with his recent performances.
But he thinks Pogba can return from injury to succeed at United and could even form a potent partnership with Fernandes - when football resumes following the coronavirus pandemic.
United sealed a transfer for Fernandes worth an initial £47million plus add-ons in the January window and the Portuguese international has hit the ground running, scoring three times and adding four assists in nine games under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Petit said it's been as if Fernandes has played for the Old Trafford club for years. "Fernandes has made a huge impact," he told the Mirror via Paddy
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