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.
Former Liverpool and England centre-back Jamie Carragher believes the way Manchester United pressed and robbed Arsenal in possession high up the pitch will have "impressed" new interim manager Ralf Rangnick.
Rangnick, who addressed the media for the first time as United interim manager on Friday morning, watched Thursday evening's 3-2 victory over Arsenal from the stands, with Michael Carrick signing off his time at Old Trafford on a high.
Having fallen behind to a bizarre Emile Smith Rowe opener, United got themselves back on level terms just before half time through Bruno Fernandes' first Premier League goal since September.
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