Bruno Fernandes will be following in the footsteps of Paul Scholes at Manchester United in more ways than one, with the Portugal international having been handed the No.18 shirt at Old Trafford.
The 25-year-old has been snapped up by the Red Devils in a €55 million (£47m/$60m) deal with Sporting.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had moved to land the highly-rated midfielder as he sought to bring added creativity to United’s engine room.
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Fernandes will be expected to provide that drive and goal-scoring threat from deep, just as club legend Scholes once did during the iconic era of Sir Alex Ferguson - the Englishman claiming 11 Premier League titles in the process.