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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Paul Scholes believes Paul Pogba and Bruno Fernandes could play together in midfield if Manchester United sign a centre-back this summer.
MEN Sport understands that the club are keen to sign a defender in the upcoming transfer window, with the club interested in Pau Torres and Raphael Varane.
Tactically, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has struggled to accommodate both Fernandes and Pogba in the same midfield, with Fred and Scott McTominay prefered as a double pivot, with Pogba playing from the left-hand side or missing out entirely.
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