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 need another midfield signing to give Erik ten Hag what he wants
manchestereveningnews.co.ukManchester United strengthened their midfield options with the addition of England international Mason Mount. Less than a week after reaching a £60million agreement with Chelsea, United unveiled the 24-year-old as their first signing of the summer transfer window.
Mount has put pen to paper on an initial five-year deal at Old Trafford with the option of an additional year. Manager Erik ten Hag had made recruiting a younger midfielder one of his primary objectives, along with signing a striker, long before the window opened last month.
Mount, who is a Champions League winner, reduces the average age of the Reds' midfield options and adds some much-needed energy to that area of the team.
He is widely expected to compete with Christian Eriksen for the No.8 berth, meaning he could join forces with Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro in United's strongest midfield-three.
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