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

[MeatHunterrr]

Selling Sancho for £8m, not replacing Kompany, spending over £100m on Cancelo and Rodri, selling Sane for £45m, has anyone thought to question Txiki Begiristain’s position?

Guardiola wouldnt even be here without Txiki. So maybe re think. Txiki is the sole reason for our success basically with amazing style.

 

[cleavers]

It was 100m pre injury pre Covid and with 2 years left.

It wasn't, because it was never actually offered.

 

[mosssideblue]

It'll be funny if he fails his medical

No it wont

 

[Burtonblue]

Unplayable on his day but definitely inconsistent and prone to bouts of sulking and mardiness.
Like many others here I am sorry to see him go but nobody is irreplaceable. The team is paramount and having him moping around on the bench on and off would have been bad for the dressing room.
Absolutely correct to let him go now and the money is reasonable given the circumstances.
Let’s not forget he still has to prove his recovery from a season ending injury and he may have well lost a yard or a fraction of agility. On the one hand I sincerely hope this is not the case (for him personally and for the sake of seeing a great player again) but I must confess nothing would give me more pleasure than for Bayern to never have the player he has been for us given the way they have conducted themselves....

 

[Blueto]

All the best Leroy.
When he was on his game, he was a pleasure to watch.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Only you.

Disagree , I reckon most of us could negotiate some of these deals.

 

[Damanino]

I wonder what we do regarding Jayden Braaf to make sure we avoid the same fate we had with Sancho. Probably nothing...

Surely in last few rounds of PL there must be younger ones to be tried at least.

 

[Rammy Blue]

A good point being missed by many.

Nah, their doctor/surgeon did the op.

 

[mccity]

Selling Sancho for £8m, not replacing Kompany, spending over £100m on Cancelo and Rodri, selling Sane for £45m, has anyone thought to question Txiki Begiristain’s position?

Signing Fernandinho, Otamendi, De Bruyne, Sterling, Sané, Bernardo, Ederson, Walker, Gundogan, Mahrez, Jesus, Laporte plus probably others; selling Diaz for 20m with 6 months on his contract, Iheanacho for 25m, raked in excellent money for youth players; Pellegrini, Pep.


He's got enough ok to let things slide.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

“in the circumstances” being the key bit there.

If Sancho goes for 75 mil plus, we need to coldly assess our football operations people because we have watched money go in the bin here.

But you’re not comparing like for like, Sane hadn’t had a great season by his standards, and then the injury occurred.

Sancho is significantly younger, had two excellent seasons and most importantly more than one club will be interested in him and there’s no suggestion he wouldn’t consider all the top teams.