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 could use a new formation vs Chelsea
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRecalls? Bruno Fernandes was jolted by his demotion against Villarreal and played with equanimity when he came on. His introduction was key to United's strong finish in Spain and ended Villarreal's dominant first hour.
Donny van de Beek's subdued performance in Spain should not necessarily result in him being dropped but reintroducing Fernandes to the starting XI would be sensible.
Inexplicably, it never occurred to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer that dropping a player could act as a wake-up call they would respond to. The Tuchel factor It is a particular pity Ralf Rangnick is not available to coach United against one of his disciples.
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