Fernandes's Portuguese mission

The Portugal international has spent time in his homeland, visiting his former club Sporting Lisbon, where he enjoyed two-and-a-half successful seasons.

The club are currently on a training camp in the Algarve and were delighted to welcome their former skipper.

"I took the opportunity to visit those who were my team-mates up until a few months ago, as well as the coaching staff, and all of those whom I worked with for two-and-a-half years," Bruno told Sporting TV.

"It was brief, but they need to work and I need to rest. The most important thing was to be able to greet everybody here and I can go home happy."

The Lisbon club's official channel also asked for a quick word about next season's plans for the United no.18, ahead of the big kick-off in September.

His pledge was to "continue to improve and do more", which will be music to all the Reds supporters' ears as he has already made a huge impact during his short time at Old Trafford.

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