5 First Season Premier League FLOPS Who Must Bounce Back Next Year

5. Renato Sanches

From wonderkid and the hipster pick for signing of the season to struggling to make the Swansea starting XI and passing to an advertising hoarding, it's been an incredibly poor season for the Portuguese midfielder who was sent on loan to the Welsh club in order to regain confidence and rediscover form. He did the opposite.

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The 2016 Golden Boy award winner played just 12 games for the Swans in the league and couldn't manage a goal or assist in that time. Constantly struggling with injuries, Sanches was anonymous in the matches he did feature in.

He heads back to Bayern Munich with his reputation greatly diminished, his spell in the Premier League costing him a spot in the Portugal World Cup squad. He needs to hit the ground running next season wherever he ends up to ensure he doesn't become the next golden boy to quickly tarnish.

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