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#2: Renato Sanches
After suffering a torrid time at Bayern Munich in his first season with the German champions, 2017/18 was supposed to be the season in which Portuguese wonderkid Renato Sanches rebuilt his career and re-established himself as one of Europe’s hottest prospects. Instead, after essentially wasting a season on loan at strugglers Swansea City, Sanches’ reputation has never been lower.
The winner of Euro 2016’s Young Player of the Tournament award, Sanches’ move to South Wales was always a curious one, but on the surface, it appeared to make sense. He’d be hooking up with a manager in Paul Clement who had plenty of links to Bayern, the loan move gave Swansea no option to buy, and due to the Swans’ relatively low profile, it felt like a low-pressure situation for the Portuguese attacker.
Unfortunately for Sanches, he never displayed anything close to his Euro 2016 form while wearing a Swansea shirt. He ended up starting just 9 Premier League games for the Swans and was even substituted at half-time in a match against Chelsea after playing a simple pass into the advertising boards. Things didn’t get any better for Sanches when Clement was sacked in December and replaced with countryman Carlos Carvalhal either, as just weeks later he picked up a hamstring injury in an FA Cup tie with Notts County.
The injury saw him sent back to Portugal and then Bayern in an attempt to rehabilitate, and while he’s returned to Swansea since, he still hasn’t featured in a game. Not only will Sanches want to forget his diabolical 2017/18 season, but he’ll probably be keeping his fingers crossed that another club even want to take a shot on him in 2018/19 as he looks to rebuild his career.
