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.
Gary Neville and Roy Keane disagree on Bruno Fernandes' best Manchester United role
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Manchester United captains Gary Neville and Roy Keane disagree that Bruno Fernandes' 'free role' given to him by Erik ten Hag is getting the best out of the attacking midfielder.
Fernandes has made 28 appearances so far this season bagging six goals and five assists in the process. In the opening stages of the campaign, the 29-year-old was one of the clubs top performers with the Portuguese international pivotal in the victories over Nottingham Forest, Burnley and Fulham.
However, the captain has had no goal involvements in the Premier League since the assist against Everton at the end of November.
Fernandes has managed to keep his place in the team but United pundits feel the Reds could be getting more out of him. READ MORE: Fernandes has already given Neves verdict READ MORE: Rashford sends perfect response to Fernandes message Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, Neville believes Erik ten Hag should take a page out of Pep Guardiola's book. "Any team that is anything at all, you see repeated pass patterns and combinations," he explained. "I think about Bruno Fernandes, and I watched him on Sunday, he’s obviously the best player in terms of talent – but he’s everywhere.
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