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Xabi Alonso keen to team up with Renato Sanches

Xabi Alonso believes Renato Sanches will prove to be a fine addition for Bayern Munich and is looking forward to teaming up with the promising midfielder.

Sanches impressed at Benfica in 2015-16 to earn himself a big-money move to Bayern and played a key role in Portugal's victorious Euro 2016 campaign.

"He's 18, 19 [in August], he's such a promising player," Alonso told ESPN.

"He has so much power, so much energy. He's hungry to win things, to improve and I'm looking forward to working with him and to be able to share the midfield and to play together.

"So far he's European champions with Portugal.

"Can he learn from me? Maybe I'm able to learn some things from him as well."

"Hummels knows the Bundesliga," the Spaniard added.

"He knows the club, he knows his new team-mates.

"It's not going to be a problem to get used to the new club."