Renato Sanches will get another chance at Bayern Munich

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Renato Sanches will get another chance to improve at Bayern Munich under new manager Niko Kovac, according to club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

The midfielder has had a torrid season on loan in the Premier League with Swansea City, struggling to make any impact on the side as they were relegated.

This poor form saw him miss out on Portugal’s provisional squad for the World Cup, just two years after he impressed in their Euro 2016 win – which initially earned him the move to Bayern.

But despite all this, Rummenigge has confirmed Sanches will get his chance to work with Kovac – who will replace Jupp Heynckes when the season is up.

“He’s coming back,” he told German publication Merkur.

“Niko Kovac will try to bring him back to former strength, which is an exciting job.”

Sanches will join the likes of new Bayern signing Leon Goretzka and the other returning loanee Serge Gnbary as a young trio the club will be hoping can push them further in their dominance of the Bundesliga.

Bayern won the Bundesliga for the sixth year in a row this season, finishing 21 points ahead of second-placed Schalke and will look to make it a double with the DFB-Pokal, facing Eintracht Frankfurt – managed by incoming boss Kovac – in the final on Saturday.

Sanches’ forgettable season in Swansea

Playing just 12 times for Swansea in the Premier League last season, Sanches had a year to forget as he looked to re-find form that had been missing in his debut Bayern campaign.

But the Portuguese midfielder created just six chances in his time with Swansea, averaging 0.8 chances created per 90 minutes, with no assists.

Sanches also won just 49% of his duels and completed just 317 passes, finding internet infamy in passing to an advertising hoarding in one appearance against Chelsea.