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.
The French midfielder turned the game in United's 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur, coming off the bench to bamboozle Spurs defender Eric Dier into giving away a penalty that Bruno Fernandes coolly dispatched.
It was an exciting cameo that suggested that a partnership of Pogba and Fernandes in midfield could well pay dividends for United in the long-run.
Ferdinand felt that United should be satisfied with the draw after falling behind in the first half and that Pogba's performance provided plenty of optimism.
Yet, speaking to BT Sport, the legendary former United defender said fans would now be expecting Pogba to showcase those sorts of displays on a regular basis."Before the game, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would have intended to go and win the.
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