Portuguese international Renato Sanches, who has played for Lille for three seasons, was confirmed this Thursday as a five-year addition to Paris Saint-Germain, joining compatriots Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Danilo at the French capital’s club.
Renato Sanchez, 24, joined the sixth club in his professional career, starting at Benfica, the club he represented until the 2015/16 season, before moving to Bayern Munich for €35m (plus 45 variables) .
The Portuguese midfielder played for the German club for four seasons (from 2016/17 to 2019/20), but only played for the Bavarians in the 2016/17 and 2018/19 seasons.
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In the 2017/18 season, he was loaned to Welsh club Swansea, who then played in the English Premier League and paid 8.5 million euros, and in the 2019/20 season he moved to Lille, having played only three matches for Bayern Munich at the beginning of the championship. season.
The Gauls paid the Germans 20 million for the transfer of the Portuguese national team player, who in 2016 was elected the “Golden Boy” – the prestigious award of the Italian newspaper Tuttosport as the best player in Europe under 21 years old.
With 32 AA caps (two goals) to his resume, Renato Sanches’ main achievement is the 2016 European Championship, helping Portugal win (one goal in six games) at the age of 18 and also winning the Nations Championship. League, in 2019, though without participating in the final.
The youngster from Lisbon also won the First League and the League Cup with Benfica in 2015/16 and became a three-time German champion (2016/17, 2018/19 and 2019/20) with Bayern, in whose service he also won the Cup twice Germany (2018/19 and 2019/20) and the German Supercup (2017).
In France, he also won the Ligue 1 championship in the 2020/21 season, which was the only one of the last five editions of the tournament that Paris Saint-Germain has avoided.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
