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.
Rio Ferdinand has told Manchester United they do not need to consider signing Philippe Coutinho amid reports linking him with a move.
Coutinho is being heavily tipped for a return to the Premier League after failing to replicate his Liverpool form in Catalonia.
The 27-year-old left Liverpool in January 2018 but failed to establish himself at Barcelona and is spending this season on loan at Bayern Munich.
Reports in Spain suggest Barcelona will look to sell Coutinho at the end of the season but Ferdinand believes the January arrival of Bruno Fernandes, coupled with United's historic rivalry with Liverpool, means Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should pass on the Brazilian. "At Liverpool he was an amazing player, but since he left Liverpool he hasn’t
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