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 hinted at decision over key role in West Brom friendly
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United have a three-point deficit to make up on Chelsea ahead of their restart at Tottenham on June 19, with nine games still to play for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.Bruno Fernandes rejuvenated United after joining the club in January, taking on plenty of responsibility in his first few weeks at the club.
One key thing he took responsibility for was set-pieces, scoring and providing goals from free-kicks, corners and penalties before the season was paused.With Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba sidelined at the time Fernandes was the obvious option for taking set-pieces, but there was an indicator that that responsibility will remain with him when the season resumes after he tested West Brom's goalkeeper with a free-kick and also.
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