{"id":1234591,"date":"2021-11-23T16:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1234591"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T16:53:04","slug":"renato-sanches-ready-lille-transfer-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/renato-sanches-ready-lille-transfer-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Renato Sanches says he is &#8220;ready&#8221; to leave French champions Lille"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lille midfielder Renato Sanches says he has spoken with his agent and is now &#8220;ready&#8221; to make another big move.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Golden Boy winner has reinvigorated his career at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after he failed to live up to expectations at Bayern Munich, and endured an infamously poor loan spell with Swansea City in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Since relocating to Hauts-de-France, the 32-capped Portugal international has rebuilt his reputation as a combative and technically-superb midfielder, helping <i>Les Dogues<\/i><span> historically usurp PSG as Ligue 1 champions last season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FM22 Wonderkids | The best young players you&#039;ve (probably) never heard of | Football Manager 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSjU-rXPaB0?start=127&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Despite his success in France, the 24-year-old feels that now is the right time to test himself in a new environment, and he says talks have already taken place with his representative over a possible move, amid strong interest coming from Arsenal and Milan.<\/p>\n<p>Sanches told<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/Lille-renato-sanches-ne-pas-signer-a-barcelone-a-ete-un-choc\/1300386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>L\u2019Equipe<\/em><\/a>: \u201cMaybe Milan and Arsenal are interested but I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke with my agent, I know which clubs are calling and which are not, but I can\u2019t tell now. I know I\u2019m ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an offer comes in, I\u2019ll find out what\u2019s best for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Sanches also went on to discuss his stint at Bayern Munich, having joined the German heavyweights following his success in helping Portugal win Euro 2016 and a breakthrough campaign at Benfica, but he believes the imposing heights of Bavaria came too soon in his career.<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWhen I arrived at Bayern, I was not ready to play in such a club. I was very young [18], and when I got ready, the opportunity to play with this team never came.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday I feel ready. I understand football better, I have more experience, I know what to do to play in this kind of club and that changes everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanches moved to Lille in 2019 for a fee believed to be in the region of <span>\u20ac25m. Since joining <i>Les Dogues<\/i> from Bayern, he has played a key role in helping the club win their fourth Ligue 1 title, as well as securing a first ever Trophee des Champions, finishing runners-up in 2011 and 1955.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lille midfielder Renato Sanches says he has spoken with his agent and is now &#8220;ready&#8221; to make another big move. The 2016 Golden Boy winner has reinvigorated his career at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy after he failed to live up to expectations at Bayern Munich, and endured an infamously poor loan spell with Swansea City in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1234592,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Lille midfielder Renato Sanches says he has spoken with his agent and is now \"ready\" to make another big move.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1234591","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Renato Sanches says he is &quot;ready&quot; to leave French champions Lille | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lille midfielder Renato Sanches says he has spoken with his agent and is now &quot;ready&quot; 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