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

[vmsuhail]

Or we keep negotiating the price up the more desperate they get ? We don’t need to sell.

We will and the saga continues through August, but now we know that either we'll get what he's worth or even better Sane stays and Bayern go into meltdown.

 

[Keeper!]

Leroy is a great talent that we all know oozes potential but has flaws some non-City PL fans don't see as he's a very MOTD ready player for his ability to do the spectacular.

I'm a huge Sane fan, but we know he can disappear, look disinterested, give the ball away from over-dribbling partially because he is very one footed and seems to matter (more than Bernardo, for example) & doesn't always track back like all other City players. I think Pep wants him to stay now as he's a pet project, and I do as well, but Leroy hasn't improved under his guidance as much as Raz or Kun who we can't forget appeared almost on his way out 2 seasons ago and stayed because he worked hard to improve getting him game time over the at the time preferred, Gabi.

There's A LOT of competition on the wings (Mahrez had a great summer + Raz did well on the left last season and might play there more, and Bernardo is best arguably on the right). This is confounded by the reality that he can only play on the left.

No announced fee = no sale possible. Now with a fee stated, massive as it is, we see that City/Pep are reluctantly willing to sell & for what fee. I really hope he stays, but if he doesn't show growth this season I believe Pep will let him go and City will push for Mbappe or perhaps try to bring back Sancho, who's also HG.

I think if we get 100m plus for him Pep and Txixi would be have a cheeky little grin between them.

 

[bluemonkey71]

I think if we get 100m plus for him Pep and Txixi would be have a cheeky little grin between them.

How so? From reports they want 135 million for him. I suspect that’s what they value him at.

 

[Jazzman]

Wonder if the wages in the new contract we've offered him matches the price we want Bayern to pay.

 

[mosssideblue]

Fantastic player, but obviously taking the piss not signing a new contract yet playing it coy. Just get rid, it's a team game and no matter how good he is he will drag the club down. Thanks for your input but clear off if you don't mind.

When was he legally obliged to have signed it by?

 

[rnblade]

I hope he signs an extension to his contract,if he doesn’t want to, I’d rather he was moved on. We don’t need a ‘Pogba’ attitude in the squad.
Let’s see what the first games do for him, if he’s not raring to go for us, we will see that in his attitude and subsequent dropping from the team. Pep isn’t a soft touch, you either want to learn and play and grow or you can leave.
Telegraph quoting £137 Mil [emoji15][emoji15]

 

[sam 1980]

When is the German transfer deadline

 

[Tanzeylee]

If we get offered anything above 70m for Sane we should bite their hands off!

Sane has shown flashes of potential but his record isn't all that great and for me, he hasn't improved enough to give confidence that he will come good, and he's been given enough time now.

Add to the mix his questionable mentality and general attitude i.e. he's the sulky kind... then I really think we should cash in while Bayern are interested.

Sniff

 

[Dribble]

 

[decmancity]

If he had an attitude problem or was any issue in the team he would be nowhere near it. Pep doesn't need to pander to Sane and would have told him to stay away until his move is sorted.

As it has turned out he has played in every pre season game. Looks fit and sharp and certainly not moping about to get his move.

He's been involved in plenty of CITYTV activities and so on.

He doesn't look that fussed about leaving, doesnt mean he will sign a new contract and be here forever but certainly doesn't look like he's gone on strike to move.

 

[Dribble]

If he had an attitude problem or was any issue in the team he would be nowhere near it. Pep doesn't need to pander to Sane and would have told him to stay away until his move is sorted.

As it has turned out he has played in every pre season game. Looks fit and sharp and certainly not moping about to get his move.

He's been involved in plenty of CITYTV activities and so on.

He doesn't look that fussed about leaving, doesnt mean he will sign a new contract and be here forever but certainly doesn't look like he's gone on strike to move.

I don't know him personally to say whether he has an attitude problem or not, but I've seen enough of him to notice he has issues with his mentality.

The difference between good players & great players is mentality, & the will to improve themselves & achieve. Both Lowe & Guardiola have shown major concern with Sane in this respect.

 

[Woody135]

If he had an attitude problem or was any issue in the team he would be nowhere near it. Pep doesn't need to pander to Sane and would have told him to stay away until his move is sorted.

As it has turned out he has played in every pre season game. Looks fit and sharp and certainly not moping about to get his move.

He's been involved in plenty of CITYTV activities and so on.

He doesn't look that fussed about leaving, doesnt mean he will sign a new contract and be here forever but certainly doesn't look like he's gone on strike to move.

That just keeps his value up. United let lumpkaku do it and now struggling to get the fee they wanted

 

[Trojan1962]

Will be interesting to see if he’s in the squad for Sunday. I hope he is and starts and produces a great display that we all know he’s got in him

 

[the plasterer]

If sane was at Bayern and we were trying to sign him, bet your bottom dollar they would want €160+, they need to buy now so they either pay up what we want or shop else where, I suspect it will be the latter

 

[decmancity]

I don't know him personally to say whether he has an attitude problem or not, but I've seen enough of him to notice he has issues with his mentality.

The difference between good players & great players is mentality, & the will to improve themselves & achieve. Both Lowe & Guardiola have shown major concern with Sane in this respect.

In respect of a transfer however, if he was really trying to force this move like apparently is being reported then I don't think Pep would have him anywhere near the team. Pep doesn't care about his transfer fee, thats not his job and I don't think Txiki would be telling him to keep him around so it looks like its happy families.

His mentality 'issue' is neither here or there for me.

 

[decmancity]

That just keeps his value up. United let lumpkaku do it and now struggling to get the fee they wanted

Does it? in the mythical world of football transfers I don't think it does. Lukaku is taking the piss out of utd because he can and he want's to go. This is why I don't think Sane is really pushing for this, if we accept the offer from Bayern then thats obviously his mind made up but at the moment he has kept quiet and is cracking on with his prep for the new season.

 

[Neville Kneville]

We had Kev, Mendy, Dinho and Stones out for long enough periods and still won the league (and the treble).

I will never understand this stronghold Sané has over some. He seemingly makes people irrational even though he's not even the best wide player at the club.

I don't understand the need for some, to constantly be looking for reasons why he is irrelevant, when he obviously isn't.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Too late for that, all the ground work has been done by the establishment at Bayern.... half baked apologies don’t wash with me, they’re snides who I wouldn’t piss on if on fire. Because of what we are trying to project as a corporation, we neglect some key areas of what it is to be a city fan, 99% of blues want to shout ‘let’s have it then you bratwurst eating shizers’, it’s a Manc thing I guess but I’d be letting these wankers know exactly who we are and reminding them of the crap they have thrown our way for 10 years...

Fuck the autobahn
Fuck David Hasslehoff by default
Fuck Frank Ribery for ripping off the kid from deliverance for his image
And fuck anyone associated to Bayern Munich, especially Ruminegge, the salty prick

I personally wouldn't sell to them, if Leroy begged us to.

Looks like we are setting the agenda now anyhow. If he leaves, it's on our terms, for big money.

Which rules out Bayern Munich.

 

[Gordyola]

So the club have, through their friendly local journalist, told us that;
A) Leroy is not for sale as far as club are concerned
B) If Leroy told the club he wanted to leave he would ultimately be allowed to do so
C) If B happened then the fee would be in the region of £135M and it would be on the club’s terms
D) No bids or negotiations have been made or started
E) BM have been warned off

The German media;
a) Well they think otherwise

Some City Fans
i) Prefer to believe the “reliable” sources written in a language they don’t understand
ii) Dont believe friendly local media, who have clearly been brief by the club, in their native language

 

[Coatigan]

What has Sane done to justify a price over that value? Those thinking he is worth £135m-£180m have left the lid of a few too many marker pens methinks

Well, my breakfast Buttery wasnt
exactly worth £1.20, but that's what i had to pay to get it! Das ist commerce.