Leroy Sané

Haaland94 said:
For me, he made his choice when he wanted to get out, drove his price down, and used us to develop and move on to where he thought the grass was greener. Besides, we have since moved on from that sort of player. I don't think he is any better than he was, and maybe not even that level. He had moments of brilliance, but he's a sort of shiny player who looks good in the highlights on YouTube, but I don't think he is all that over 90mins. Good player, but I would want someone younger with a top-notch attitude. Once upon a time, I thought he would turn into that player, but he is 27 now and never made that step. We need players with the mindset of Ruben Dias, etc., not Sane.
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Nailed it Erl
 
Haaland94 said:
For me, he made his choice when he wanted to get out, drove his price down, and used us to develop and move on to where he thought the grass was greener. Besides, we have since moved on from that sort of player. I don't think he is any better than he was, and maybe not even that level. He had moments of brilliance, but he's a sort of shiny player who looks good in the highlights on YouTube, but I don't think he is all that over 90mins. Good player, but I would want someone younger with a top-notch attitude. Once upon a time, I thought he would turn into that player, but he is 27 now and never made that step. We need players with the mindset of Ruben Dias, etc., not Sane.
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I get where you’re coming from, but just one small detail is throwing me off - how exactly did he drive his price down? He never skipped training or spoke to the media about wanting to leave or anything… we were close to getting around 100m for him and then the ACL injury happened
 
lmhblue1 said:
I get where you’re coming from, but just one small detail is throwing me off - how exactly did he drive his price down? He never skipped training or spoke to the media about wanting to leave or anything… we were close to getting around 100m for him and then the ACL injury happened
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How many people on the Bayern side were gobbing off about getting Sane moved over there that spring and summer?

The amount of such public tapping-up was thought to be unusual at the time.

Sane had nothing to do with encouraging/instigating/egging that on? I highly doubt it.

Hard pass. Even before the issue of him being useful primarily the handful of times a year that we're not playing against a back 10. He was becoming obsolete to this team by the spring of '19 and this would be no less true today.
 
domalino said:
He can play both wings, still has electric pace, is a great secondary goalscorer and will put balls on a plate for Haaland.


He’d be a very useful squad player, we miss a bit of real pace and directness at the moment, but I don’t see him as a superstar that’ll start 50 matches a season.
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Could score a few free kicks too
 
domalino said:
He can play both wings, still has electric pace, is a great secondary goalscorer and will put balls on a plate for Haaland.


He’d be a very useful squad player, we miss a bit of real pace and directness at the moment, but I don’t see him as a superstar that’ll start 50 matches a season.
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He can also play the withdrawn striker role that KDB, Alvarez and Foden often play in the diamond, which means he can slide in from either wing and play inside, as he did with Bayern against us. Had a few decent shooting chances, too, IIRC.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
He was mainly a right winger, IIRC, and Leroy is both faster and better, IMHO…and that’s from someone who grew up knowing the family!

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I took this picture of him with my sister and parents when he did us a favor for a charity event. Top lad.
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Been in his company loads of times. Genuine Blue, lovely bloke, organises Man City vets. Great guy.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
He was mainly a right winger, IIRC, and Leroy is both faster and better, IMHO…and that’s from someone who grew up knowing the family!

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I took this picture of him with my sister and parents when he did us a favor for a charity event. Top lad.
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He was a left winger mate. He was my favourite player back then alongside Tueart who played on the right...
 
ChicagoBlue said:
He was mainly a right winger, IIRC, and Leroy is both faster and better, IMHO…and that’s from someone who grew up knowing the family!

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I took this picture of him with my sister and parents when he did us a favor for a charity event. Top lad.
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That is a smashing open neck shirt + necklace chain combo there. Bring back that fashion!
 
domalino said:
He can play both wings, still has electric pace, is a great secondary goalscorer and will put balls on a plate for Haaland.


He’d be a very useful squad player, we miss a bit of real pace and directness at the moment, but I don’t see him as a superstar that’ll start 50 matches a season.
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If he would be ok with this and we could sort out the wages then sign me the fuck up.
 
If Mahrez goes and young boys like Macatee or Palmer or Perrone won't be good enough for Pep to play that RW position and rotate with Foden, then I think Sane is a good option.

First of all -> he can play both wings and will be able to rotate with Grealish as well.
Second of all -> I don't like current market and Sane at least has experience and past here, which means that we know what to expect and Sane knows what's expected of him.
 
richards30 said:
I don’t see pep wanting him back mate?
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Can’t be that black and white. We don’t know what’s been said between them both. Players make mistakes, pep has got a lot calmer now he is older. We need a winger, Sane knows what is required to play for pep. His family want to move back to England. He was their best player against us. I don’t see the downside, not when we have players like Mahrez still getting minutes. No disrespect to Mahrez.
 
wolviedinho said:
Can’t be that black and white. We don’t know what’s been said between them both. Players make mistakes, pep has got a lot calmer now he is older. We need a winger, Sane knows what is required to play for pep. His family want to move back to England. He was their best player against us. I don’t see the downside, not when we have players like Mahrez still getting minutes. No disrespect to Mahrez.
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Would that be Mahrez with 28 goals and assists last season?
 
bluenova said:
Would that be Mahrez with 28 goals and assists last season?
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Yep that one. Did not mean to downplay his role. Stats only tell one part of the story. He is also very inconsistent otherwise he would play every big game instead Mahrez is often overlooked when it matters. It’s not a dig at him, he has limitations like everyone in the team. As regards to Sane not being good enough. I don’t agree and used Mahrez as an example.
 
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