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.
Manchester United fans are incensed after Barcelona attacker Raphinha appeared to grab the throat of Bruno Fernandes during a mass melee in Thursday’s Europa League tie.
Despite protesting it wasn’t intentional, Fernandes was shown a yellow card for booting the ball into Frenkie de Jong after the midfielder was felled after jostling with Aaron Wan-Bissaka midway through the second half.
It caused a shoving match between both sets of players with tempers high. Fernandes and Raphinha are good friends having played together at Sporting Lisbon and the former Leeds man tried to pull United’s de facto captain away from the scene. READ MORE: United vs Barcelona LIVE However, the way he did so has raised eyebrows.
The winger raised his hands towards the throat of his counterpart when distancing him from angered Barcelona stars. Fernandes did not seem to react, but United fans on social media were unhappy.
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