So much was promised of Renato Sanches after the Portugal midfielder won the 2016 Golden Boy award.

The then-teenager helped guide Portgual to a famous Euro 2016 title and secured a big money move from Benfica to Bayern Munich.

But Sanches struggled during his first season in the Bundesliga, making just 25 appearances in all competitions - the majority coming from the bench.

The Portugal starlet was subsequently loaned out - and to a destination that surprised pretty much everyone: Swansea City.

Renato Sanches makes his pass (
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A pin-point effort, straight at Sanches's target (
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Paul Clement can't believe it (
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By loaning the 20-year-old to a lesser team in a higher tier, Bayern were hoping Sanches would rediscover his best form.

Alas, the midfield maestro has continued to struggle. Sanches was even hooked at half-time during Swansea's 0-0 draw with Bournemouth on Saturday.

And things appeared to hit rock bottom for the lad during the Swans' 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Renato Sanches is struggling at Swansea (
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Thinking he had spotted a team-mate out of the corner of his eye, Sanches passed the ball directly to his target.

The only problem was, the target in question turned out to be a red Carabao logo - the same colour as Swansea's shirts - located on the sponsorship hoarding.

Footage of the moment has circulated on Twitter and received plenty of attention...

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