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.
Cryptic tweets, retirement, Bruno Fernandes link-up - David de Gea's year away from Man United
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt only seems like five minutes since Manchester United and David de Gea parted ways after they were unable to come to an agreement on a new contract.
Erik ten Hag had decided, with help from his backroom staff, that De Gea was not the long-term solution to the goalkeeper situation at Old Trafford.
Mistakes towards the end of his career with the Reds played against him badly, as did the desire to have a shot-stopper who also had 'world-class' distribution skills.
While a deal was on the table at Old Trafford, it was clear De Gea would be second choice to incoming Andre Onana and that was not something the Spaniard was willing to stick around and agree to so he left.
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