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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Gary Neville questioned Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's decision to make so many changes to the Manchester United starting line-up against Leicester.
United started without two of their best players this season in the FA Cup defeat to the Foxes, with Bruno Fernandes and Luke Shaw both left on the bench until the hour mark.
Donny van de Beek, Nemanja Matic and Alex Telles were among the surprise starters for United against Leicester. Solskjaer's side were largely outclassed in the 3-1 loss at the King Power Stadium and Neville believes the rotation of the side cost United dearly.
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