Michael Olise believes Bruno Fernandes is the best Portuguese player in the world right now – and he’s not wrong.

The Bayern Munich starlet, formerly of Crystal Palace, was asked to name the best player from a list of countries.

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Unsurprisingly, he named Harry Kane for England, Lionel Messi for Argentina, Lamine Yamal for Spain, Joshua Kimmich for Germany and Fernandes for Portugal.

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Why Fernandes is undoubtedly the best Portuguese player (by some distance)

Fernandes etched his name into the top-flight history books once again yesterday.

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Having equalled the Premier League assist record by notching his 20th against Nottingham Forest a week prior, he set a new record of 21 when setting up Patrick Dorgu for Manchester United’s opener away to Brighton and Hove Albion.

Patrick Dorgu with a wonderful header to give Manchester United the lead!

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It means he has overtaken attacking legends Thierry Henry and Kevin De Bruyne, and now sits atop the rankings with a milestone that’ll be incredibly difficult for any player to beat.

What’s more, the skipper also added to his goal tally when netting United’s third of the game, overseeing a tremendous finish past Bart Verbruggen to rubber-stamp a comfortable three points on the road.

Appearances Goals Assists 35 9 21 Fernandes sweeps personal accolades for 2025/2026

Fernandes had already claimed the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Season award, the Premier League Player of the Season award and United’s Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year award before his five-star display at the Amex, proving even further why he is the most worthy recipient of each accolade.

It goes without saying that Portugal manager Roberto Martinez will be over the moon with how the midfielder has fared in the lead-up to the World Cup kicking off next month, where Fernandes will aim to play as pivotal a role for his nation as he has for United this term.