Sanches 'emoji launch' enrages Swansea fans

Swansea City flop Renato Sanches has been slammed by his manager after dropping an emoji clanger with the club on the brink of the Championship.

City are odds-on to be relegated from the Premier League on Sunday unless they can turn around a huge nine-goal swing.

Fans are angry after pictures of Sanches launching an emoji appeared in the build up to the final day of the season.

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The 20-year-old has proven to be a total disappointment following his loan move from giants Bayern Munich.

Swansea City boss Carlos Carvalhal called the winger “stupid” and said he has had a “very bad season” in South Wales.

“I heard about it, I have not seen it,” said Carvalhal ahead of the make-or-break game against Stoke City.

“But I say to the players about social media all the time. The majority of them are not dealing with their social media, they are dealing with people who support them, and I say not to do it because you are football players and sensitive about the fans and so on.

“When we put things not about football in someone else’s hands they think they are doing a good thing.

“But they are doing one of the most stupid things in the world. So I have not spoken to Renato, but I believe this is what has happened. I have seen it happen before in my career and it has happened again.

“I always tell players not to put social media in the hands of other people. You can give it to someone with experience who will know what to do, but many give it to their friends who can be stupid and create these situations.

“I have seen it happen often, trouble with social media, even though you tell players to be careful because it is their face on it.”