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Renato Sanches rebuilding his career for Portugal after flopping at Bayern Munich

Mention the name Renato Sanches to followers of English football and it's a moment of comedy that springs most readily to mind.

Playing a game at Chelsea during his loan spell with Swansea City, Sanches mistook the red logo of energy drink Carabao on an advertising board for a red-shirted colleague and duly passed the ball straight out of play.

Despite his head-in-hands reaction in the away dug-out, Swansea manager Paul Clement at least had the good grace to wait until half-time before hooking the Portuguese midfielder.

Renato Sanches was embarrassed while playing for Swansea against Chelsea in 2017 when he mistook his red-shirted team-mates for a sponsor logo and passed the ball to it
It marked the low point of an awful loan spell for Sanches as his career went into a nosedive
Swansea manager Paul Clement reacts to the pass on the sidelines at Stamford Bridge

That was November 29, 2017.