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.
Why Manchester United took Mason Greenwood off for Edinson Cavani
manchestereveningnews.co.ukstraight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer said he did not want to alter the shape of Manchester United's formation when he introduced Edinson Cavani at half-time against Southampton.Cavani replaced Mason Greenwood with United 2-0 down at the interval despite creating clear-cut chances for Greenwood at 0-0 and Bruno Fernandes with Southampton 1-0 up.Greenwood, 19, was making his first start in four weeks but his inexperience was replaced with the expertise of the 33-year-old Cavani, who claimed an assist and scored twice in a matchwinning performance.Solskjaer reverted to a diamond formation at St Mary's and, despite the scoreline at the pause, was so content with United's first-half performance he opted to change.
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