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.
Emre Can claims he had an offer from Manchester United in the January transfer window but didn't think about the move due to his history with Liverpool.
The German left Merseyside in the summer of 2018 on a free transfer to Juventus but struggled to cement a place in the starting line-up.
Following the emergence of Rodrigo Bentancur under Maurizio Sarri, his playing time was cut even more and he stated his desire to leave the Italian champions in January.
United were interested in signing a new midfielder following injuries to Scott McTominay and Paul Pogba with various outlets suggesting Can was a target.
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