Deal agreed with Bayern Munich for Leroy Sane - €60m (including add-ons)

[Jumanji]

Honestly, I think it's next to impossible he would be sold for 60 million. Not in this market.

 

[caseball]

He was pretty crap when he came on on Saturday. That game was perfect for him. A team trying to score a consolation goal, bags of space, tired defenders and he did the square root of nothing. He's far too unpredictable. I wouldn't have been surprised had he made that game 7 or 8 nil but everything he did was wrong and he disappeared. He's played like he's got two left feet lately. I get the feeling that Guardiola's put him under pressure to justify an improved contract and Leroy can't handle it. Shame if he goes because he seems a likeable lad as well as a match winner on his day.

 

[mikemcfc]

I agree in cold reality, but christ i dislike Bayern's upper echelon types. Utd are in so much shit right now i would rather sell him to them for a proper fee than Bayern for 60m. Even Real or someone else (within reason) for 60m would be better than Bayern for the same cash. I can't stand the gobby tossers.

i hear you loud and clear, and it's a shame how money has made the beautiful game so ugly.

 

[super_city_si]

If he is going, fine, no issue with that. I trust Pep has a more refined vision for our squads overall dynamic. Being bullied by Bayern Munich though? no chance. Make them pay or find an alternative solution. They have had a lot to say about us so for me at least, sod that!

We have helped advance Leroy into a top tier player. Bayern are backed by VW, They chat a lot of crap so they can eff off. I do not like them one little bit.

Agree wholeheartedly. Those gobby pricks have been mouthing off about us non stop. If we get rinsed by those classless twats I’d be livid. I’d sit him on the bench for a year and chance it again next summer rather than give in to them. They can have him for £60m if they pay all upfront and add on a mil for every goal he scores and 10 for every title he wins in the next 5 years.

 

[mosssideblue]

He's a 120 to 150 million player without question

You can pluck any valuation out of thin air as you like and whilst the world is rotating, players are only worth what someone is willing to pay

 

[vmsuhail]

His family are in Germany so I have no problem with him wanting to go back home, he will be missed if the stories are true but we will move on. We have so many superstars in this squad and I trust pep to find a quality replacement.

We might get a quality replacement which is a big if as Sane has it all in terms of skills required by a forward (shooting, crossing, pace, and dribbling), but we'll surely miss the 3 years of coaching under Pep and the understanding he has with the team esp. Sterling, KDB and Silva. Add to that the relatively lower fees and strengthening a declining European rival, I can't see any positives from this. Better get his services for 2 more years (if he is professional and doesn't sulk) and let him leave on a free.

 

[BosnianBlue]

I agree in cold reality, but christ i dislike Bayern's upper echelon types. Utd are in so much shit right now i would rather sell him to them for a proper fee than Bayern for 60m. Even Real or someone else (within reason) for 60m would be better than Bayern for the same cash. I can't stand the gobby tossers.

Coutinho. Fucking Coutinho who is not half a player of Sane went for 120-130 mil. And we are supposed to sell Sane for 60 to fucking Bayern whos directors were talking all kind the shit about City last 10 years. I'd rather dismiss the club and burn stadium than sold Leroy to them for 60 mil.

Selling Sane for less than 100 mil. euro in this market is a travesty, he's 30 goals and assist player per season easily and is on very low wages. Selling him to Bayern below 120 mil is stupidity. They paid 70 mil for some fucking guy from Atletico.

2 years left on his contract, that's at least 50 goals and assists. With fee we paid for him and wages he's on, letting him free in 2 years is still great business.

 

[doobyedoobye]

You can pluck any valuation out of thin air as you like and whilst the world is rotating, players are only worth what someone is willing to pay

So what is your valuation?

 

[Jacob Smith]

Bernardo is better CM than RW, and Raheem is better RW than LW.
& I know both of them are great and can fill any attacking position.


Leroy doesn't have to improve, he just have to repeat what he has done last season 10 goals & 15 assists in the league only.
This season he played much less and had 10 Goals & 10 assists.

This is why I don’t understand why he’s even being linked with a move. He’s in our best 11, definitely got the potential to be one of the best in the world, why on Earth are we even thinking about pushing him out?

The whole “attitude problem” only came about when he started being left on the bench. Nothing wrong with a youngster wanting to play football.

Obviously I trust Pep but right now I can’t see how letting Leroy leave will turn out to be a good decision.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

A good assessment, however I fully expect Pep to be here for at least another 3/4 seasons, don’t see him at Juventus at all.

I hope so, but he has already agreed to one contract extension and I think he likes creating a team in his image, winning, repeating with tweaked squad to show it is him that is the REAL REAL, and then moving on. When he moves, he only moves to a team with the basis of the highest quality needed to win that League. By the time he is done with his current City deal, Juve should have got rid of most of the old guard and replaced it with some of the better talent in the world...oh, and Ronaldo will be gone!!

Like I said, I hope, but I don’t believe, he will sign another extension here.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

This is why I don’t understand why he’s even being linked with a move. He’s in our best 11, definitely got the potential to be one of the best in the world, why on Earth are we even thinking about pushing him out?

The whole “attitude problem” only came about when he started being left on the bench. Nothing wrong with a youngster wanting to play football.

Obviously I trust Pep but right now I can’t see how letting Leroy leave will turn out to be a good decision.

He doesn’t get into the “best XI” because Bernardo ends up RW, Sterling LW, because KDB, Ferna & David are the middle 3.

Make no mistake, I don’t want him to go. However, Pep doesn’t fuck around with players who have a strop or even suggest they might leave. Rather, he simply says, “a player who wants to be somewhere else should leave to be somewhere else!” Throw in the fact that he will be a €70-100M player, and you have a benchwarmer paying for two top, top squad additions...one of whom will have been bought to do the impossible: replace Fernandinho!

I think Bayern have basically said they want him. Sané would definitely go there. City want top dollar. Bayern don’t want to pay it, BUT they also know City are in a losing position if they push the price too high, as he is losing value in every window as he approaches the end of his contract unless transfer fees get even more inflated than they are today. Conversely, City could say, “Nein!” to any derisory offers and simply put him in the match day squad and get 10 goals and 10 assists from him again next season playing him as a 20 minute sub!

High stakes poker.

 

[Easy]

Bayern can think about offering £60m if they add Kimmich and Alaba to the deal.

Rather keep him for two seasons and let him leave for free than sell for £60m.

Such poor value sets a precedent for the future and clubs will expect to get our players for cheap.

Under no circumstances should we sell for less than £100m-£120m and that’s conservative.

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

I love Sane and I would go with him the majority of the time, but I think we've seen that Pep wants Sterling (LW) Bernado/Mahrez (RW) with the full backs creating the width, ideally for Pep that's Walker and Mendy.

 

[adelaideblue]

his body language can be frustrating at times, he should be bursting to play when he comes on but most of the time of late he just seems to be going through the motions, coasting. hopefully he freshens up over the break and comes back all guns blazing fighting for his spot.

 

[Bill]

Big mistake selling this lad, for any money.

 

[moz]

All the shit we get and the club then sanction this
Will take it with a pinch of salt for now

 

[hello]

Bayern can think about offering £60m if they add Kimmich and Alaba to the deal.

Rather keep him for two seasons and let him leave for free than sell for £60m.

Such poor value sets a precedent for the future and clubs will expect to get our players for cheap.

Under no circumstances should we sell for less than £100m-£120m and that’s conservative.

Absolutely if Hazzard is worth 100m with a year left Leroy is worth at least 60 next summer which would mean the Munich rags either pay up his true value this year or have a season of make do on their flanks. Personally I would prefer we never sold a first team player to Rags, Liverpool or Munich Rags

 

[bondsman]

Big mistake selling this lad, for any money.

Totally agree Bill. Looks happy and involved in the celebrations though. Hopefully he has a great pre-season and wins his spot back.

 

[the talisman]

We’ll all be gutted in our house if Leroy moves on, he’s on the back of my son’s shirt. He’s got absolutely everything going for him and I’ve always thought he has the highest ceiling of all our players.
If the rumours are true I’m just hoping that Bayern won’t pay what he’s worth and he stays and fights for his place.

 

[117 M34]

60m is a scandalous fee.
Bayern are losing both of their wingers this summer and Sane can be their main man for the next 10 years.