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

[rnblade]

Hopefully he’ll play v Hammers and have a stormer and come to his senses.
Or
He pulls a Sicky and that’s the end of him.

 

[cleavers]

The problem is though he wont ... he`ll get a massive signing on fee which will be more than that.

Its still a big risk if he doesn't sign with us, he's already losing money, and if (likely for me) bayern won't pay what we want, he's stuck here on a low (relatively) wage, but he'll still have to perform, and if he subsequently got a long term injury, its a serious issue.

He's got a few days to decide for me, he'll be selected this weekend if still here, starter or otherwise, so an injury (a risk for every player) and he's stuck here till January at least, not great for us, but terrible for him if he wants a move.

 

[blightee]

We have others who can play on the left.
Do you honestly believe that we will lose 10 goals + assists from one player.Other players for all we know may come in with a better return.
We will NOT be buying a replacement in this window,should he move on.

We have sterling, which means the team loses a lot of flexibility if he always has to play on the left. Gabby isn't very good from the wing and Mahrez / Bernardo are way better on the right. If Sane goes before the hammers game then either Aguero or gabby will need to be rushed back to start. Thinking outside the box, angelino could possibly play there but thats a big step down in quality from Sane, zinchenko is too slow, David is way past being capable on the wing (even though hes looking pretty quick as of late).

Edit: just thought, maybe Foden? would be interesting to see how he would go. If he could cover multiple positions he would get way more gametime too.

 

[Zenmanc]

We have sterling, which means the team loses a lot of flexibility if he always has to play on the left. Gabby isn't very good from the wing and Mahrez / Bernardo are way better on the right. If Sane goes before the hammers game then either Aguero or gabby will need to be rushed back to start. Thinking outside the box, angelino could possibly play there but thats a big step down in quality from Sane, zinchenko is too slow, David is way past being capable on the wing (even though hes looking pretty quick as of late).

Edit: just thought, maybe Foden? would be interesting to see how he would go. If he could cover multiple positions he would get way more gametime too.

Honestly starting to wonder if Gabby J needs to be in a 2 striker formation and on that note I'm not sold that he can't produce from the wing. I know he has flashes at the 9, and I am pulling hard for him as I keep thinking one day the switch will flip and he shows that flash he is capable of consistently... that and finally gets his offsides timing down pat.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

That picture where they’re fucking around about hair as that yesterday? Was Sane in full team training?
Thats good news about hiss injury if so

 

[CelesteItis]

So, is Leroy staying or not?

 

[acess87]

So, is Leroy staying or not?

Looks like it.

 

[CatMan]

If Sane wasn't super quick he'd be average. Saying that however his speed is a devastating game changer and would take some replacing. I hate saying this but if we knew this was in the offing earlier we should have took a gamble on the lad James from Swansea who is also a sprinter pretending to be a footballer. It's not as if we didn't know he existed as he tore us to pieces during that cup tie.

Personally I'd not let him leave. Forget missing out on any prospective fee, just accept that we signed him for £37m and we get 5 years usage. In relative terms that's a cost of £7.4m a year and modest wages on top. In short even if he sees out his contract and leaves for nothing it will have been amongst the best £50-60 million we've ever spent.

 

[oakiecokie]

We have sterling, which means the team loses a lot of flexibility if he always has to play on the left. Gabby isn't very good from the wing and Mahrez / Bernardo are way better on the right. If Sane goes before the hammers game then either Aguero or gabby will need to be rushed back to start. Thinking outside the box, angelino could possibly play there but thats a big step down in quality from Sane, zinchenko is too slow, David is way past being capable on the wing (even though hes looking pretty quick as of late).

Edit: just thought, maybe Foden? would be interesting to see how he would go. If he could cover multiple positions he would get way more gametime too.

Mahrez would do better on the left wing.At times playing on the right he does slow us down.For me,Sterling is far far better employed on the right wing but with our POTS Benie,who was superb,then maybe the answer is Sterling ?

 

[bballchinaski]

Honestly starting to wonder if Gabby J needs to be in a 2 striker formation and on that note I'm not sold that he can't produce from the wing. I know he has flashes at the 9, and I am pulling hard for him as I keep thinking one day the switch will flip and he shows that flash he is capable of consistently... that and finally gets his offsides timing down pat.

jesus was like brazil's best player at copa america playing on the right wing though?