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

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Maldeika said:
That Dr. Fink in Innsbruck usually does the surgeries for the international downhill skiers and is the team doctor of the ÖSV - the Austrian skiing association. But other international skiing stars like Lindsey Vonn go there, too.
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We should have sent mendy to see him
 
Starr Gate Blue said:
I assume Cugat performed the surgery on Mendy's damaged ACL. That went well didn't it. I'm not surprised Leroy won't touch him with a bargepole.
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For me the name Cugat has a bad feel since the Thiago story when they tried to cure the knee injury without surgery and with Cortison to have him fit for the World Cup - and that backfired and took Thiago out for a whole year.

And in the past the other German players that played outside of Germany always used the German doctors and often even made their rehab in Germany - no matter if they played for Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal...
 
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Maldeika said:
For me the name Cugat has a bad feel since the Thiago story when they tried to cure the knee injury without surgery and with Cortison to have him fit for the World Cup - and that backfired and took Thiago out for a whole year.
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Didn't Pep fall out with Bayern's choice of surgeons because their work wasn't up to the standard he was used to in Catalunya? I'm sure your longstanding club doctor 'resigned' as a result.

#JustSayinLike
 
Maldeika said:
For me the name Cugat has a bad feel since the Thiago story when they tried to cure the knee injury without surgery and with Cortison to have him fit for the World Cup - and that backfired and took Thiago out for a whole year.
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So the club gave him treatment for the benefit of the national team to their own detriment?
 
Dribble said:
Didn't Pep fall out with Bayern's choice of surgeons because their work wasn't up to the standard he was used to in Catalunya? I'm sure your longstanding club doctor 'resigned' as a result.

#JustSayinLike
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No. The Bayern doctor is a muscle specialist. I think the main topic was that MW is in his "area" that what Pep is in football. He is not just the Bayern doctor but the doctor the big athletes from all nations come to - be it Bolt and the track and field stars, skiers, footballers, tennis players, Formula one stars etc. Pep and him just did not match - two big egos. And whereas MW is more cautious, Pep likes to rush players back onto the field.

The players did not care that much that MW resigned - they went to him anyways...
 
No blame attached to Sane in my view. It’s his knee and his career on the line, nor do I blame him if he wants to move.Most people if they were offered a job supposedly paying a lot more and a chance to return to his own country would do the same. It’s a short career at the top. City will survive without him if he goes. Hopefully we will get a decent fee for him that is imperative
 
Maldeika said:
For me the name Cugat has a bad feel since the Thiago story when they tried to cure the knee injury without surgery and with Cortison to have him fit for the World Cup - and that backfired and took Thiago out for a whole year.

And in the past the other German players that played outside of Germany always used the German doctors and often even made their rehab in Germany - no matter if they played for Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal...
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Ilkay being the obvious counterexample
 
Maldeika said:
No. The Bayern doctor is a muscle specialist. I think the main topic was that MW is in his "area" that what Pep is in football. He is not just the Bayern doctor but the doctor the big athletes from all nations come to - be it Bolt and the track and field stars, skiers, footballers, tennis players, Formula one stars etc. Pep and him just did not match - two big egos. And whereas MW is more cautious, Pep likes to rush players back onto the field.

The players did not care that much that MW resigned - they went to him anyways...
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So Pep ignores the advice of doctors you mean ?
 
Maldeika said:
No. The Bayern doctor is a muscle specialist. I think the main topic was that MW is in his "area" that what Pep is in football. He is not just the Bayern doctor but the doctor the big athletes from all nations come to - be it Bolt and the track and field stars, skiers, footballers, tennis players, Formula one stars etc. Pep and him just did not match - two big egos. And whereas MW is more cautious, Pep likes to rush players back onto the field.

The players did not care that much that MW resigned - they went to him anyways...
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Aside from Mendy, City seem to have done OK with Cugat, especially where KDB, Sane previously & Gundogan were concerned.

In terms of Cugat & Thiago, was it Pep who sent him there, or the Spanish National team doctor?

Many, many times there have been cases of players taking pain killing, steroid injections to get through games, instead of going under the knife, which has been decided by their clubs out of desperation of not losing an important player for a period of time.

Are you saying Cugat made this decision for Thiago? If so, on behalf of whom & can you cite any further examples of Cugat doing this?
 
BosnianBlue said:
I'd take 100 mil euros for him right now and say goodbye. Time to move on, he is doing Neymar with picking doctors from national team instead of those recommended by the club.
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Naa, still has to be over £120m. That isn't unfair.
 
Coatigan said:
Naa, still has to be over £120m. That isn't unfair.
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Would you, being for ex. City director of football, pay 120m for him in these current circumstances? I definitely wouldn't as a risk is huge. Specially combined with wages Bayern promised him. It's giant money.

We'll never ever get 120m for him. That ship sailed with the injury. I was all for letting him go free in 2 years as his service with relatively low wages, could easily justify that. But right now, I'd sell him for 100m eur in a second. Chances for him to extend are pretty minimal, imo and keeping him until his contract expires is not worthy anymore as half of that period he'll sit injured and there is always a risk what kind of player will he be after, if the injuries will repeat etc..
 
BosnianBlue said:
Would you, being for ex. City director of football, pay 120m for him in these current circumstances? I definitely wouldn't as a risk is huge. Specially combined with wages Bayern promised him. It's giant money.

We'll never ever get 120m for him. That ship sailed with the injury. I was all for letting him go free in 2 years as his service with relatively low wages, could easily justify that. But right now, I'd sell him for 100m eur in a second. Chances for him to extend are pretty minimal, imo and keeping him until his contract expires is not worthy anymore as half of that period he'll sit injured and there is always a risk what kind of player will he be after, if the injuries will repeat etc..
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it'll be interesting to see just how much 'love' Munich show him now he's injured
 
Keeper! said:
I don't like a player who takes the proverbial, and in my opinion Sane has done it to us as a club.

He has been well looked after, received the best coaching in the world, has become a top class player, but has led us down the path in terms of signing an extension to his contract.

If he wants out, no problem, but show some balls and say it...... he wants out but also wants his "loyalty bonus"
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and how the fuck do you know all this?

JJ
 
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