In 2016, Portugal had not yet raised the Trophy of Euro 2016, friends that had not prevented Bayern Munich from putting € 35 million on the table, plus € 45 million in bonuses, to afford the new nugget of Benfica, Renato Sanches. A few weeks later, the Bavarians thought they had made a beautiful investment by seeing the 18 -year -old kid triumphing from the French at the Stade de France, before seriously disillusioned. In addition to his difficulties in adapting to his new German environment, Sanches will especially chain injuries.
892 days of absence between 2016 and 2025
In his first season in Bavaria, the Portuguese was out for two months due to an injury to the ischio. The following season, Bayern lends him to Swansea. Result: 153 days (about 5 months) spent the infirmary because of seeds at the thigh and still in the ischio. In 2019-2020, it is the Achilles heeling turn to play towers in Lille. In the north of France, Renato Sanches will succeed in relaunching under the orders of Christophe Galtier, but it will total no less than 241 days of absence between 2019 and 2022.
This will not prevent Galtier from getting him to take him to his suitcases in Paris Saint-Germain in 2022. In the capital, muscle concerns, Ischio and adductors led him to the infirmary for 116 days between 2022 and 2023. Quickly became a ball for the red and blue, Sanches was then sent to AS Roma and then to Benfica. Unfortunately for the player, he never managed to bounce back there, the fault of these incessant physical troubles. In Italy, he remained away from the field for 146 days. No wonder Roma did not want to lift its purchase option.
The SLB medical department has made a find
In Lisbon, it's worse: 176 days spent healing. Again, the player is likely not to be kept by the Aguias. But while waiting to see if Renato Sanches will return to PSG to honor a running lease until 2027, Record Announcement that Benfica would have made a major advance in this file. The SLB would have found why Sanches is constantly injured. Faced with the recurring injuries of the player despite a personalized treatment and follow -up to the small onions, the Aguias medical department decided to launch a test battery in order to see if Renato Sanches did not have a lack of collagen, a protein which is the most important of the human and precious body in the prevention of injuries. And the tests carried out reveal that the Golden Boy 2016 body does not produce this protein enough.
“What is happening is that if you have an athlete who suffers from several continuous injuries, especially in the muscles, and you do not detect the direct cause, despite a good diet, a training and careful recovery, one of the things that can happen is that he has a quantity lower than the normal type 1 collagen in his muscles and joints. Collagen is like muscles cement and a house, if it has less cement, is more fragile. In this case, there is greater muscle fragility ”said a specialist in the Portuguese newspaper. Now that a diagnosis has finally been made on Renato Sanches ailments, the latter will be able to benefit from adequate treatment. What allow him to finally relaunch his career?
