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

[omri]

i think if city sell him last year,it was close to 90 million.

but ok, move on.

 

[blueparrot]

Not like we let Sancho, Boateng, Tevez, and plenty of more players walk for practically nothing to rival big clubs. Even players who see as surplus we cant get a decent price for them. Other teams manage it miles better than us.

But don’t win the trophies we do , so who’s doing it best?

 

[SWP's back]

Complete different market today than when we bought him. He helped us win trophies and played well so was worth the money but to claim that we made a “tidy profit” is bullshit.

Absolutely it’s a tidy profit.

 

[axlgod]

Bye bye bacon.
All the best.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

just listen to Liverpool. From klopp to players to fans, they all rate him so, so highly. Literally the difference maker in games where the opponents are good enough to not camp in their box.

I’d have him over any player in our squad today except KDB. There’s good reason we didn’t compete for the prem this year and he’s a large reason.

You'd take Sane over Sterling, Laporte, Aguero, Bernardo, Foden? Fair enough, that's a bold statement.

 

[blueinsa]

Price is about right, imo. All parties happy.

Its a tidy profit on a player whose book value is peanuts this far into the contract and who doesn't want to be here any longer.

 

[SWP's back]

i think if city sell him last year,it was close to 90 million.

but ok, move on.

That’s how it works when players get into their final year of contract.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Signed for 37m, got 3 seasons from him, made 18m profit. Can't complain.

47.6m accounting profit on his presumed amortised cost, good for FFP.

 

[pudge]

Not like we let Sancho, Boateng, Tevez, and plenty of more players walk for practically nothing to rival big clubs. Even players who see as surplus we cant get a decent price for them. Other teams manage it miles better than us.

Do you know what other teams don't manage miles better than us?

Consistently winning trophies.

 

[razman]

The fact that Sane may have already played his last game for City - when he could feasibly stay until the end of the CL season, and can’t play for Bayern anyway - is very telling

 

[Grealish’s Shinpads]

You don’t understand football accounting. The profit booked is actually £47.6m in the accounts of it’s a £55m deal.

That’s not an overall profit. Obviously from an accounting perspective it will go down as an incoming fee but you are missing the point. Considering his age and the quality of the player we got ripped off, regardless of the fact that he only has a year left on his contract. Highly doubt Sane would’ve agreed to not play for a whole year if we’d hardballed him

 

[Kokonut1307]

Watch us get bent over and taken to the cleaners for Koulibaly

You mean watch us spend that 50m on Ake? De Laurentiis is a shrewd businessman, he gets what he demands.

 

[blueinsa]

just listen to Liverpool. From klopp to players to fans, they all rate him so, so highly. Literally the difference maker in games where the opponents are good enough to not camp in their box.

I’d have him over any player in our squad today except KDB. There’s good reason we didn’t compete for the prem this year and he’s a large reason.

He doesn't want to play for Manchester City.

Not quite sure what part of that you are not getting?

 

[urban genie]

With the add ons an a year left decent enough fee.

Top player but not commited so not arsed he has gone.

If he didn't want to play for us they I am fine not having him here.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

It's very impressive how we got £70m.


(No offence TH but it seems the fee is going up every 5 minutes)

It's like the days of old in the Sterling thread :-)

 

[Manchester1894]

Straight out then. Lethal.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Given his injury, Covid's likely impact on the market and the fact he wants to bounce, I see no drama re the fee.

His game revolves around pace. If his knee isn't 100% he could spend his career perpetually injured or coming back from injury, and his pace fucked.

Well played City imo.

Move on and get an appropriate replacement.

All the best Leroy.

 

[decmancity]

Finally, cheers Leroy for the memories. See ya pal.

Onto the next one.

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

You have no idea if City got this wrong. Sane seems to have been set on leaving for ages. Maybe if City had changed their manager, Sane might have stayed but maybe not; anyway I'd rather have Pep at City than Sane.

he’s leaving on a 30k per week contract. It was on us to fix that ASAP once we saw what he had.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

he’s leaving on a 30k per week contract. It was on us to fix that ASAP once we saw what he had.

60k a week and we offered him 180k in 2018.