Bruno Fernandes took his place at 27th out of the top 30 men’s players in the world on Monday night, although it came at a difficult moment for the Manchester United captain the day after being an unused substitute in his team’s humbling defeat to Bournemouth.
Fernandes earned his 2026 Ballon d’Or nomination following a supercharged campaign in which he broke the 23-year-old record for assists in a Premier League season.