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 are waiting to make their move in the transfer market and the latest 'target' to emerge on their radar has already been labelled as one the world's best by Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.
After missing out on a holding midfielder last summer, key figures in the Old Trafford boardroom are set to prioritise that position when the window re-opens.
As part of their impending rebuild under new boss Erik ten Hag, United also want to sign a new centre back and versatile attacking option.
However, it is their engine room which is in the most need of maintenance and ambitions to strengthen have been exacerbated by the confirmed departures of Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Juan Mata.
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