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.
Robin van Persie sets Solskjaer new Manchester United challenge
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRobin van Persie believes Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Manchester United need to copy the example of Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool to build long-term success.
The former United and Arsenal striker believes the marquee signings of players like Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez in recent years at Old Trafford have been symptomatic of the club's lack of strategy.
That is something Solskjaer appears to have addressed in the past 12 months, with United signing Harry Maguire, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Daniel James and Bruno Fernandes, while bringing through homegrown talent from the academy.
United were on an 11-match unbeaten run at the time of football's suspension due to the spread of coronavirus throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
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