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.
Get the latest United updates, transfer news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United fans would name a strong starting XI for Thursday's match against Granada, with Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba and Edinson Cavani all starting.
United return to European action as they face the Spanish side for the first time in their history and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will be hoping his side make a strong start to the quarter-final tie.
With the Premier League all but out of reach, all of United's hopes on lifting a trophy this season rest on success in the Europa League and a slip-up in Spain could be costly.
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