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title: "Ligue 1 expert weighs in on Sanches to Liverpool link"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Harry Sherlock"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2021-08-20T05:15:51Z"
modified: "2021-08-20T05:15:51Z"
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# Ligue 1 expert weighs in on Sanches to Liverpool link

**Ligue 1 expert Adam White insists that midfielder Renato Sanches is unlikely to join Liverpool this summer because of the injury he has recently sustained.**

The midfielder has undergone an operation to repair an injured knee, which is likely to rule him out for up to six weeks, per [Goal](https://www.goal.com/en/news/sanches-surgery-liverpool-barcelona-links-lille-injury/1fwso24l5od8t103w6jkwga1b0).

They report that both Liverpool and Barcelona have been linked with potential swoops to sign the [£27m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/renato-sanches/profil/spieler/258027)-rated midfielder, who has enjoyed a return to prominence in recent seasons.

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The Portugal international was vaunted as one of the hottest prospects in world football when he made his breakthrough at Benfica but he struggled after a move to Bayern Munich and also flopped in a loan move to Swansea City.

But since the move to Lille, he has developed into one of the finest midfielders in Europe, making [60 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/renato-sanches/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/258027) for the club in total and also going to Euro 2020 with Portugal in the summer.

But White believes that the injury has all but ruled out any prospect of a transfer this summer.

The journalist, who covers Ligue 1 for [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/sport), said: *“It’s an interesting one with Sanches. Obviously the injury isn’t particularly helpful and I think it probably ruins his chances of a move this summer.*

*“He was actually relatively up and down last season. I thought he was really good last week against Metz when they came back from 3-1 down to draw 3-3.”*