Sane was replaced TWO years ago when we signed Mahrez.
City were not convinced about Sane,concerned about his attitude & personality and anticipated future issues over playing time,development and contract.
Mahrez was signed to cover these issues on the basis of ‘do things when you can, not when you must’.
Mahrez & Sterling have been our first choice scoring wingers for most of the last two years not just since Sane was injured !!
The money we’ve got for Sane means that Mahrez stands us in at around £12M.
Good business City.
you have to have big balls and work amazingly hard and talent alone will not be enough ? nobody is questioning the talent sane has but pep does question his work rate for the team ? like i said it could be worst ? it could be liverpool or united he wants to play for. going to the german league is ok for manchester city in terms of danger to us long term but as for champions league and meeting munich its ok to. because i would think city would have his number and know a early kick letting him know our fullbacks are not messing around
Sad to see him go, but it’s a measure of how far we’ve come that I was far more upset when we let Ian Bishop and Andy Hinchcliffe go.
Fortunately before my time. If my reaction at Coton going to the rags is any barometer, I don’t know how I’d have coped seeing Law doing well at the swamp.I haven't got over Dennis Law goin' to Italy, and I think I never will. And to compound it by coming back to Mansh United! Jeez, do any other footy fans suffer so much for their art/team?
So would i , Sane will be a lossSo we essentially replaced our only left winger with a third right winger?
Call me crazy but I'd take a Sane/ Sterling partnership over a Sterling/ Mahrez one any day of the week.
The latter is slower, more predictable and has little to no threat on the counter attack because they both just want to cut inside and run into defenders.
I think he'll have to adapt to become a superstar now. He looks like he's added muscle while recovering and almost all ACL injuries lose an element of burst in pace which he relied on with us.I wish him well, if he stays injury free will be a massive superstar has all the qualities good luck
Sane was replaced TWO years ago when we signed Mahrez.
City were not convinced about Sane,concerned about his attitude & personality and anticipated future issues over playing time,development and contract.
Mahrez was signed to cover these issues on the basis of ‘do things when you can, not when you must’.
Mahrez & Sterling have been our first choice scoring wingers for most of the last two years not just since Sane was injured !!
The money we’ve got for Sane means that Mahrez stands us in at around £12M.
Good business City.
Thats all well and good until you realise that Mahrez isnt fit to lace Sanes boots. Thats not to say that Mahrez isnt a good player and cant be effective for us but 17/18 when we had Leroy on the left and Sterling on the right was the absolute best we have EVER seen from a City side. The Sterling/Mahrez partnership has got nowhere near those levels and I would argue that Sterling looks significantly worse for not having Leroy on the other side.
If as you say, Sane was replaced two years ago, I am less hopeful for next season.
They’ve just got a superstar, 120million player coming into his prime for 49m euros. I think they’re pretty comfortable with the overall price.I see nobody is talking about the wages Bayern will pay Sane.
he will be getting more than De Bruyne!!!
Also will be Bayern’s B€ST paid player!
absolute madness if you ask me.
Jayden BraafThe replacement needs to be someone that has either electric pace or the ability to beat multiple people inside and outside.
Not saying these players are the ones but the style of a Sancho, Zaha, Adama Traore.
It has to be a game changer.