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.
Liverpool FC great compares Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes to Man City pair
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLiverpool great Graeme Souness has compared Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes to Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva of Manchester City .
Fernandes has made a strong start to life at United since his January transfer window switch from Sporting Lisbon. The 25-year-old has provided an important spark to the United midfield and offered that creative option which the club had severely needed.
But ahead of the clash at home to City, Souness has suggested that the Portugal international has a way to go before he can be talked about on the same level as Blues' stars De Bruyne and Silva. "If Bruno Fernandes proves as successful a signing for Manchester United as Bernardo Silva has at Manchester City, then Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be
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