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.
Ralf Rangnick makes admission over Fred and Anthony Elanga substitutions for Man United vs Leeds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRalf Rangnick admits he did not send on Fred and Anthony Elanga with the expectation they would have goalscoring impacts for Manchester United at Leeds.
Fred and Elanga replaced Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard in the 67th minute and the Brazilian midfielder restored United's lead in the 70th minute before Elanga secured victory on 88 minutes.
Leeds pegged United back with two goals inside the first nine minutes of the second-half in a fraught encounter between the sides, playing in front of matchgoers at Elland Road in the Premier League for the first time since October 2003.
Pogba started again in a 4-3-3 formation but drifted to the left wing in the first-half and fashioned chances for Cristiano Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes.
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