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.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is yet to sign a central midfielder at Manchester United, having dedicated most of his transfer budget to defence and attack since his appointment at Old Trafford.
Bruno Fernandes and Donny van de Beek are the two closest profiles, although it is reasonable to label both of those players as no.10 types rather than players who perform in the middle of the park on a regular basis.
Unsurprisingly, United's midfield is recognised as their weakest area, with Fred, Scott McTominay and Nemanja Matic struggling to provide balance this season.
So if the club are to search for a solution in the transfer market, who could they target in the future to give the department a timely boost?
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