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The date was 29 November, 2017. The time was 8:17 p.m. The venue was Stamford Bridge.

Renato Sanches, one of the world's most exciting young footballers, was about to become a laughing stock.

Dressed in Swansea City's red away strip and with the scoreline at 0-0, he dropped deep in the Chelsea half to receive a pass from team-mate Roque Mesa. Sanches controlled the ball on his back foot, took one touch and then played a pass straight out of play into the hoardings. Rather than playing the ball to Martin Olsson, he had passed to a red Carabao logo.

Sanches rolled his eyes towards the sky. Swansea's management team squirmed awkwardly on the bench. Then-boss Paul Clement seemed in disbelief.

It was a moment that quickly became a hit across social media, and the unfortunate moment sums up his situation.

Sanches, the UEFA Euro 2016 Golden Boy, finds himself misplaced and in a confidence crisis. Now he has a hamstring injury too.

At 20, serious questions are already being asked of him. How has this incredible talent spiralled so quickly?

The truth is worrying signs had set in even before he arrived in the Premier League last summer.