Paul Clement said himslef that Renato in training was one of the most terrrific players of the squad, but he was too anxious on the match days and eventualkly failed.
Renato Sanches | Performances
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I don’t really agree with that. Especially since he held his own and actually outperformed the Bayern Midfield in the CL. I do get he wasn’t against top sides week in week out but the thing that stood out was his intelligence and in game awareness and to see that in someone so young was what had everyone talking about him. It wasn’t like he was scoring crazy goals or making crazy assist it was the fact that he looked the most experienced player in their midfield.
Sometimes players just seem to have an intelligence like Mbappe for example. Some are just outright flash but don’t have that understanding. Just at that time watching him that is what impressed me most about him.
Clement made a comment as well on him where he said he hadn’t realised he was so broken and low in confidence when he took him to Swansea. Hadn’t realised what a big job it was going to be to build him back up.
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Are we witnessing the start of an epic new social media personality??!
Has to be the worst signing of this season in the Premiership. To think many Man Utd fans actually wanted this clown.
The amount of grief LvG got for rejecting him.
Dodged a bullet here.
No he wasn't.
He was competent, and played well enough, but if not for the hype going in to the tournament no one would have given the slightest shit about his performances.
Caf's record with transfer judgments seems horrendous. At this point if the caf doesn't rate a player that should be seen as a positive sign and vice versa.The amount of grief LvG got for rejecting him.
He's another example of why you take teenage prodigies with a pinch of salt until they deliver.
I remember as teenager being so obsessed with the next big thing, the next big prospect. Nowadays I barely batter an eyelid at young 'stars', knowing fine well 95% of them turn out plain average in the end.
I remember as teenager being so obsessed with the next big thing, the next big prospect. Nowadays I barely batter an eyelid at young 'stars', knowing fine well 95% of them turn out plain average in the end.
I remember there was some troll City poster who was bigging him up non-stop during the Euros after Bayern agreed a deal for him. That guy seems to have disappeared.
Same as the guy who hyped up Memphis after we signed him.
The same manager who promoted him is still at Benfica, so if he stays that would make a lot of sense. Bayern could recoup some money, get a percentage of any future deal or a buyback clause.
NLMax! What ever happened to him? We signed Memphis and the guy vanished. He really had me convinced that we were going to end up with a Nani-level player at absolute worst. It's because of him that I've refused to buy into the hype for players I haven't watched consistently over a whole season. I got sucked in.
Always a good reason to re-post this absolute gem.
Best decision LVG made...
Wasnt he rumored to actually be Memphis?
Do we need to check some Lyon forum?
I was right again when I was a lone priest amongst venomous thirsty bar prostitutes in the wild wild caf during euro 2016 and before that even. Also one of the first to call out Rooney when die hard reds lectured me with standard lines about form class and permanent. Now alot of these die harders mock him how he was done five years ago (right about when I started firing shots). I see very far ahead.
And people still invent stuff about how I am oftentimes wrong. They choose what to remember. Heh heh heh...
And people still invent stuff about how I am oftentimes wrong. They choose what to remember. Heh heh heh...
Think that’s a bit disparaging to be honest. He’s a young kid with a lot of talent who’s to say he couldn’t have flourished here? He signed for a team who were in absolute free fall. I’m willing not to be to judgmental at this stage.
Yep this is a forum my friend so the trick is to stay in the masses and you’ll be ok even if you are wrong then when the narrative slowly changes until they are agreeing with you then you can say you are correct but not before then lol.
Very harsh on Anderson. We can maybe question his attitude but not his ability. But for the injuries we'll never know what could have been. Had some absolutely terrific spells in the side for us, which is something Sanches has never managed at the top level.
Good pass to be fair!He couldn’t pass water or cross a road
Quick and strong that was it. He’d be puffed out by 60mins
Kept Gerrard in his pocket, at Anfield of all places. Fabregas too, even though it his "peak" was for a season or two. He can pick a long pass too. Just a shame really.
He was blowing hard come the last 20 mins, that's for sure. I can't agree on the rest though. At all.
This is why I’m always with you prof.
Passing was erratic, many of them were hit so hard you’d need rocket boots to catch up. Don’t even start me on his shooting.
What he was good at, and I’d take a fit Anderson alongside matic and Pogba now, was getting the ball deep and quickly carrying it forward. We lack that now
That would be hilarious. I wouldn't doubt it was someone who knew Memphis, based on how rapidly he vanished after Memphis showed up and failed to live up to the hype.
Players can drop their physical level and/or can suffer due to psychological, confidence reasons, but i never saw a player losing his basic skills.
I think would take a risk a top manager try to "fix" this kid. The times i saw him before he signed with Bayern i thought he was a star in the making.
I think would take a risk a top manager try to "fix" this kid. The times i saw him before he signed with Bayern i thought he was a star in the making.
You honestly think he would be flourishing under Mourinho. He is the exact opposite in what he likes in a player.
You are right, you called them both. Berry, berry shrew.
Yeah but you’re a pompous twit
He shouldn't have left benfica in the first place. It's not so much about his football skills, it's about maturity. He came to bayern without speaking a word in english. The club hired a guy to introduce sanches to munich and the german culture - without any success. They send him to swansea which was the second mistake. Again a different environment, a different language and a different team that has its own problems. Bayern should have kept him in the bundesliga at at club like hoffenheim or stuttgart. Instead he is still totally isolated from everything and acts like a pathetic teen who doesn't care about his club at all. There is no future for him anymore in munich. Coman was the same age when he left france and joined juve. He didnt't make it there but not because he was not enough talented. He kept behaving like a professional though they had no use for him and that makes the difference in the end. Sanches is still just a kid.
Coman had Pogba in Turin. As much as I know they were very close. And in the first year in Munich Ribery's wife "adopted" him and he spent a lot time with Ribery's family. His mother spent a lot of time in Turin and Munich, too. It was the same with others - Martinez big brother moved with him to Munich as did Shaqiri's. That was/is the problem with Sanches. He's the oldest - his siblings are a lot younger and his Mom newly married. He was/is alone in Munich and Swansea. And he hardly has a school education.
He was overrated and his Euros wasn't even that good but he's better than what he's shown. Bayern should loan him back to Portugal
Is that you Mark Goldbridge?
You'll always be right for me Kevin
I never saw that talent. When I see him I think of a player who lacks fundamental aspects of football, like he's skipped serious years of development at youth level
Never rated him, never wanted him and funnily enough still don't.
You're kidding!