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 manager Erik ten Hag hits out at fixture schedule after another training ground injury
manchestereveningnews.co.ukErik ten Hag believes players are at breaking point after seeing another player joining Manchester United's lengthy injury list, with Mason Mount a doubt for Sunday's trip to Everton after picking up a knock in training.
United have been beset by injuries all season and on a day when Luke Shaw is providing some relief by returning to the squad for the first time since August, Mount has added to Ten Hag's problems in midfield.
Casemiro and Christian Eriksen are already sidelined with muscle injuries, which will leave United with just Scott McTominay, Sofyan Amrabat and Bruno Fernandes as fit midfielders for the trip to Goodison Park. ALSO READ: United give Onana and Hojlund injury updates vs Everton ALSO READ: Ten Hag addresses Varane future and possible striker signing Rasmus Hojlund also faces a race against time to be fit for the Everton game, but Andre Onana has recovered from an injury picked up on international duty.
Lisandro Martinez, Jonny Evans, Tyrell Malacia and Amad are all absent at the moment. Last season United played 62 games in all competitions, while several players also featured in the World Cup in Qatar in November and December.
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