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.
Francisco Ramos has thanked Bruno Fernandes for suggesting he would be the ideal player to join him at Manchester United. United are looking to strengthen their midfield again at the end of the season with Premier League duo Jack Grealish and James Maddison both under consideration.
However, new arrival Fernandes might want them to sign one of his closer friends instead. Speaking earlier in the month the Portuguese international was asked which player from his former clubs he would like to play alongside again. "It is very difficult to choose, because I have a lot of locker room people who are my friend," the United midfielder stated. "Wherever I played?
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk