SWANSEA CITY HAVE confirmed the signing of Renato Sanches on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich.
The 20-year-old midfielder moves to the Premier League after a disappointing debut season with the German champions.
Following a €35 million move from Benfica in the summer of 2016, Sanches made just six starts in the Bundesliga in 2016-17.
Swansea will pay a reported fee of €8.5m for the loan, and will not have an option to buy Sanches at the end of the season.
“We are happy that we found an agreement for a loan deal,” Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told Bayern Munich’s official website. “Our goal was that Renato could play consistently in a strong league like the Premier League.
“We are still confident Renato has the potential to be an important player for Bayern in future. That’s the reason why Sanches’ return in July 2018 is clearly appointed without a purchase clause.”
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At Swansea, Sanches will link up with his former assistant coach Paul Clement, who left Bayern halfway through last season to manage the Swans.
“I’m delighted to secure his services,’’ Clement told Swansea City’s official website. “He is a player I know well having worked with him for six months at Bayern Munich before my own move to Swansea.
“He is one of Europe’s elite young talents who has already achieved a lot for his age, including winning Euro 2016 with Portugal.
“Having moved from Benfica to Bayern Munich, he has not played as much as he would have liked. But this move to Swansea and the Premier League will provide him with a real positive development experience.
“As a player he is a dynamic, powerful central midfielder who I believe has all the attributes to suit the Premier League.’’
Great goal.. Watching Jeff on soccer Saturday was brilliant also when it looked like hartlepool were safe..
Saw O’Brien playing for derby when he was 18-19. The derby fans were way more excited about him at the time than Hendrick, Hughes etc that had also broken into the team. I remember our taxi man to the match in particular raving about him……
Real pity the injuries stopped that momentum, but great he’s still making a career out of it and plenty of time to kick on
Went over too easy during the celebration. Could of been a yellow for a dive.
What a goal great to see how much it means to the players too
Have to feel sorry for jeff
Read about him.in an article in Irish Times when he broke into Derby team ,watched him and was very impressed .
Hes been injury prone ever since ,hopefully this will be a turning point and he has a prosperous career after all.