The chatter in France has Jürgen Klopp having identified
Sanches—now at Lille—as a top midfield target.
For a time, every top club seemed to be linked with Renato
Sanches, with the Portuguese midfielder for a time consistently
rated amongst Europe’s top prospects. In the end, he got a move to
Bayern Munich in a deal reportedly worth up to
€80M.
It’s fair to say that what’s happened since has been a failure
to live up to both promise and price tag. First there was his
disappointing time at Bayern, then a disappointing loan to Swansea,
and in the end a €25M move to Lille in the summer of 2019.
Now, though, into his second season in France and still just 23
years of age, Sanches is beginning to be linked with moves back to
bigger clubs. In particular, Le10Sport
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watching.
The claim is that with Sanches having begun to once again show
some of the talents that earned him his move to Bayern back when he
was still a teenager, the Reds have him as a top target—maybe even
the top target—to replace Gini Wijnaldum.
A once world class talent still shy of his prime years who could
salvage his career working under Klopp does have a certain ring to
it. Given how poorly Sanches’ time at Bayern went, though, it’s a
move that would be quite a gamble.