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.
One of the privileges of covering Manchester United from Old Trafford's press box is the seats allocated to the MEN are adjacent to the visiting team's analysts.
The former Blackburn and Scotland midfielder, Billy McKinlay, and Nottingham Forest and England legend Stuart Pearce, were sat next to each other on a spacious desk on Saturday, separated from the middle section where reporters are as crammed in as commuters on the tube.
It was deep into the second-half when McKinlay identified a problem. "Ronaldo in that pocket is killing us again," he said ominously.
Other than his matchwinning moments, the most awe-inspiring attribute Ronaldo has showcased back at United is his lay-offs by dropping off.
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