Revealed: Bruno Fernandes's squad number

The 25-year-old was officially unveiled as a Reds player on Thursday, signing from Sporting Lisbon, where he was club captain and wore the no.8.

Bruno also featured in the no.8 shirt for Udinese, where he spent three years between 2013 and 2016, but also wore no.7 and no.32, the latter the number he took at his first club Novara.

United’s no.18 is, of course, the squad number that legendary midfielder Paul Scholes was kitted out in for the majority of his career, and was most recently held by Ashley Young, who departed for Inter Milan this month.

Bruno is no stranger, however, to taking on the mantle of a significant shirt number.

h At Sampdoria, the Portugal international chose the no.10 that…