In 2016, Portugal had not yet lifted the Euro 2016 trophy, but that did not stop Bayern Munich from putting €35 million on the table, plus €45 million in bonuses, to acquire Benfica 's new talent , Renato Sanches . A few weeks later, the Bavarians thought they had made a good investment when they saw the 18-year-old triumph over the French at the Stade de France, before becoming seriously disillusioned. In addition to his difficulties adapting to his new German environment, Sanches will also suffer a series of injuries.
892 days of absence between 2016 and 2025
During his first season in Bavaria, the Portuguese was out for two months due to a hamstring injury. The following season, Bayern loaned him to Swansea. The result: 153 days (around 5 months) spent in the infirmary due to thigh and hamstring problems. In 2019-2020, it was his Achilles' heel's turn to play tricks on him at Lille. In the North of France, Renato Sanches managed to get back on track under Christophe Galtier, but he would total no fewer than 241 days of absence between 2019 and 2022.
This won't stop Galtier from bringing him to Paris Saint-Germain in 2022. In the capital, muscle, hamstring, and adductor issues led to him being sidelined for 116 days between 2022 and 2023. Quickly becoming a liability for the Red and Blue, Sanches was then loaned to AS Roma and then Benfica. Unfortunately for the player, he never managed to bounce back there, due to these incessant physical problems. In Italy, he was sidelined for 146 days. It's no wonder Roma didn't want to exercise their purchase option.
The SLB medical department made a discovery
In Lisbon, it's worse: 176 days spent in treatment. Here again, the player has a strong chance of not being retained by the Aguias. But while waiting to see if Renato Sanches will return to PSG to honor a contract running until 2027, Record reports that Benfica has made a major breakthrough in this matter. The SLB has reportedly found out why Sanches is constantly injured. Faced with the player's recurring injuries despite careful treatment and personalized monitoring, the Aguias medical department decided to launch a battery of tests to determine if Renato Sanches lacked collagen, a protein that is the most important in the human body and valuable in injury prevention. The tests revealed that the 2016 Golden Boy's body does not produce enough of this protein.
"What happens is that if you have an athlete who suffers from several ongoing injuries, especially to the muscles, and you don't detect the direct cause, despite a good diet, training and careful recovery, one of the things that can happen is that they have a lower than normal amount of type 1 collagen in their muscles and joints. Collagen is like the cement of muscles and a house, if it has less cement, is more fragile. In this case, there is greater muscle fragility ," a specialist told the Portuguese newspaper. Now that a diagnosis has finally been made for Renato Sanches' ailments, he will be able to receive adequate treatment. What will allow him to finally relaunch his career?
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