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

[Benarbia’s Backheel]

Crappy trade off,an overpriced under talented CB and a back up RB,hurrah

He won’t be a back up RB

 

[cjn]

That's how I read it. Someone leaked it to the German press and now Pep's friends at Bayern, Hoeness and KHR, are doing some damage control so as to not screw it up. But just like last week when Kovac got told to apologise publicly, they reported it because they were told it and it is happening or at least being negotiated.

Agreed. I would be very surprised if Bayern's sudden change of tone didn't correlate very closely with talks beginning. Biggest sign to me yet that there actually are negotiations underway.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Why then has pep been saying for a year that we want to keep sane? he clearly likes 2 wingers

He's been saying it for a year because Leroy has been keeping us waiting for a year over a contract renewal.

Leroy is a top talent but Pep is also on record saying that he won't keep any player who doesn't want to be here.

Thing is Karen, this is Manchester City FC 2019, not 2005.

We are the Kings of England and don't need to feel any player is doing us a favour by sticking around.

Stands to reason we would love to keep Leroy around, but it has to be a two-way street.

Liverpool lost Suarez and Coutinho, yet they used that cash to take another step forward.

Pep and the club must feel we can do likewise if we agree to a sale of Leroy.

Good luck to the kid, anyhow. He's brought some great moments.

If we're really desperate for a winger, there's a pretty decent one at Madrid we can get on loan!

 

[BlueLook]

Is this what they term meltdown -;)

I guess "meltdown" would be like around 60 negative, obscene posts per minute. We're still not there.

Agreed. Scumbags.

Nobody seems to have raised the question why only Bayern seem to be at the table and City have been unable to kick-start an auction?

This is player driven.

I did not think about that. Makes a lot of sense if the case.

 

[city2]

Sell and move on, pep knows what he’s doing.

 

[Cobwebcat]

What Tolmie is saying is that City are fine with selling Sané. If you're OK with selling someone who chooses to leave then tanking the deal over some comments in the media doesn't make sense.

Bayern have created a Dutch auction. We shouldn’t go along with it.

 

[cleavers]

I would hope that when it comes to sporting decisions, said fans would consider 198 points and 6 trophies in 2 season's as evidence that those who run the club know what they are doing and can be trusted not to fuck it up.

How could you possibly come to such a conclusion ?

 

[kaz7]

He won’t be a back up RB

He will be,he'll takes ages to adjust as most do and he is on the right,we will be light on the left,no sane,probably no mendy for most of the time

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

He's been saying it for a year because Leroy has been keeping us waiting for a year over a contract renewal.

Leroy is a top talent but Pep is also on record saying that he won't keep any player who doesn't want to be here.

Thing is Karen, this is Manchester City FC 2019, not 2005.

We are the Kings of England and don't need to feel any player is doing us a favour by sticking around.

Stands to reason we would love to keep Leroy around, but it has to be a two-way street.

Liverpool lost Suarez and Coutinho, yet they used that cash to take another step forward.

Pep and the club must feel we can do likewise if we agree to a sale of Leroy.

Good luck to the kid, anyhow. He's brought some great moments.

If we're really desperate for a winger, there's a pretty decent one at Madrid we can get on loan!

What have you started!

 

[blueparrot]

Surely we have to acknowledge that Leroy has a say in this it's not just the two clubs. If it's true that Leroy has made it clear he wants to go to Bayern then City are being professional not gobbing off in the media and will now work on getting the price they want. I don't see how anyone can blame the club. IF any of the media reports they have obviously respected Leroy and given him plenty of time to decide he has chosen nothing more City can do.

My opinion back in April was

Why do you say we let him go, we have no choice , it’s entirely down to him.

The player has the control, always did have if he made it clear he wants to leave for Bayern we have to drive the best deal we can, we were never going to write off nearly £100 mill just to spite Bayern or the player. It's not a game it's a business and it's a huge amount of money.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Agreed. Scumbags.

Nobody seems to have raised the question why only Bayern seem to be at the table and City have been unable to kick-start an auction?

This is player driven.

In which case, fuck him for orchestrating this summer long charade and the anger it has caused. Not convinced by the argument that we don’t need a replacement though. If Sterling gets injured, we will be seriously short of not so much width as pace, not just up front but all over the field. Disappointing window to exchange match winners at either end of the field in the shape of Kompany and Leroy, for Rodri

 

[cleavers]

Been on the golf course when did he sign for Bayern

It's been on then off every half hour all afternoon, and our senior people are all idiots.

 

[Sleeping_Easy]

My opinion back in April was

The player has the control, always did have if he made it clear he wants to leave for Bayern we have to drive the best deal we can, we were never going to write off nearly £100 mill just to spite Bayern or the player. It's not a game it's a business and it's a huge amount of money.

100m would certainly be a fair chuck towards a replacement

 

[howfen blue]

So if Pep thinks we dont need another winger why was Mahrez brought in a year ago? Basically we have swapped Leroy for Mahrez +30 million! Up there with Creaney for Walsh!

 

[Steve68]

Sane could end the story with a few words. I’m afraid his silence speaks volumes. Don’t want him to go but if he wants out then i hope we get a good deal done ASAP.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Give over.

What’s your argument? There should be lots of clubs after Sane. It’s a stitch up by Bayern AGAIN. They think they run footy because they run the ECA. We shouldn’t go along with it like the other German clubs do.

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

Some people seem overly confident but this would be a big hit, especially considering that we aren’t looking to replace him. Like him or not, Sane has great end product which will be difficult to replace. Don’t trust Mahrez or Jesus to fill in for his absence on the wing (completely different players anyway), and as good as we are with Sterling and Bernardo on either side, I don’t think it will leave us with enough rotation on the wings to play in 4 competitions.

I suspect the fact that we have stepped up our pursuit of Cancelo has something to do with it all as Pep will probably play with wing backs and three at the back on occasion.

I trust the club and Pep but I can’t help but feel that this will significantly limit our attacking options.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

He's been saying it for a year because Leroy has been keeping us waiting for a year over a contract renewal.

Leroy is a top talent but Pep is also on record saying that he won't keep any player who doesn't want to be here.

Thing is Karen, this is Manchester City FC 2019, not 2005.

We are the Kings of England and don't need to feel any player is doing us a favour by sticking around.

Stands to reason we would love to keep Leroy around, but it has to be a two-way street.

Liverpool lost Suarez and Coutinho, yet they used that cash to take another step forward.

Pep and the club must feel we can do likewise if we agree to a sale of Leroy.

Good luck to the kid, anyhow. He's brought some great moments.

If we're really desperate for a winger, there's a pretty decent one at Madrid we can get on loan!

Yes please!

 

[cjn]

He will be,he'll takes ages to adjust as most do and he is on the right,we will be light on the left,no sane,probably no mendy for most of the time

We have three left backs in the squad plus Laporte, we'll be fine.

 

[domalino]

What’s your argument? There should be outs of clubs after Sane.

Who?

The transfer is 100m which immediately rules out everyone except Real, Barca, United, PSG and Bayern. We're not going to sell to United obviously.

So just 4 left. PSG can't afford a 100m signing unless they sell Neymar and they're currently doing everything to avoid that. Barcelona already have Griezmann, Messi, Dembele and Suarez and are trying to sign Neymar. Real just lumped 100m on Hazard for LW and have 200m worth of kids on the other wing plus can't get rid of Bale.

So who apart from Bayern would want Sané this summer?

No one, which is one of the reasons I was for keeping him until next summer, but if Pep wants to sell now...