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 explains the pressure he feels at Manchester United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Bruno Fernandes has explained he feels under a good type of pressure at Manchester United amid comparisons with Eric Cantona.
The Portuguese has been described by some as United's most influential new arrival since the Frenchman in the 1990s, transforming Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side after signing in January 2020.
Fernandes is now on the brink of his first trophy with United, if Solskjaer's men can overcome Villarreal in Gdansk in Wednesday night's Europa League final.
And he admitted he's flattered to be compared to Cantona and that the comparisons drive him on to become better. "It is an honour to be compared with him because
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