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

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balotelli's back pocket said:
This is going to rumble on for a while guys.

We aren't replacing him, so the Thursday deadline means sod all. This will go on until the end of the month.

I think they will crack and pay.
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Hmmmm - so to be clear, we can sell him after the deadline? I thought the deadline related to sales as well as purchases, but maybe I am mistaken?
 
Chippy_boy said:
Hmmmm - so to be clear, we can sell him after the deadline? I thought the deadline related to sales as well as purchases, but maybe I am mistaken?
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No the deadline is for registering, so we can buy or sell after the deadline just not register to play. So if a buying team can still register in their country as Germany can, we can still sell.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Hmmmm - so to be clear, we can sell him after the deadline? I thought the deadline related to sales as well as purchases, but maybe I am mistaken?
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No just registrations you can buy a player after the deadline but not register them for league games till jan happened to someone last year missed the deadline by a min or so.
 
blueparrot said:
No the deadline is for registering, so we can buy or sell after the deadline just not register to play. So if a buying team can still register in their country as Germany can, we can still sell.
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balotelli's back pocket said:
Yeah, the deadline relates to registering new players.
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Ah I see. Well that is bollocks then isn't it. Another month of this shite. And I thought by Friday all this crap would be behind us until January at least.
 
Marvin said:
I have never known a transfer story to be so inaccurately reported so I am not confident of my opinion, but I believe that he will stay on the grounds that he does not have a strong desire to leave. He returned to training, went on tour, played all the games, played in the Community Shield, and has said nothing, unless Pep is misleading us all.

The contract extension is unsigned, but that does not mean he wants to go to Bayern Munich. I think Leroy knows that if he went to Bayern Munich he would be under intense pessure to lift that football club from its current malaise. They have let things go too far. Robben and Ribery were allowed to play too long. Likewise Muller and Boateng. This is a football squad that has gone way past its sell by date. It's not a good time to move there. At City he is free to develop to his potential. He may not play every game, but he will have enough opportunities if he remains focused on his game.
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I too agree it would be a risky move for Sane. He looks like someone who doesn't want to be centre of attention, just someone who likes playing the game. If he gets lumbered with this huge transfer fee and the reportedly big salary, Bayern, their fans and the German media will expect top performances week in, week out, especially with the suspect squad they have now, and we, who watch him at the moment, know he's not quite there yet.

I think he's tempted and is being pulled in more than one direction. By demanding this fee, City have given him one more thing to think about and I don't think he'll fancy the pressure to be honest. It'll cost him his loyalty bonus (if it's in his contract) if he demands a transfer, maybe that's why he's keeping schtum.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Ah I see. Well that is bollocks then isn't it. Another month of this shite. And I thought by Friday all this crap would be behind us until January at least.
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You can sell to any country whose window is still open. Germany, I believe, is open to 1st Sept.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't quite get the model to be honest, from a business front, anyhow.

I understand most of the guys are on short term contracts and have to accumulate a set amount of followers and subs inside the first six months.

The Sun had to come from behind a pay wall, even with their vast resources, so I'm not sure people in this country are willing to pay for content which might be considered more left field.

Ultimately, people want news and stuff they didn't already know.

A number of the guys who have joined were local patch journos, so were privy to briefs and sharing amongst the wider group.

There is no way the local pack will agree to that continuing for people who are now having to charge for 'privileged' steers.

Especially so, when the pack will still be obtaining and sharing that news for free.

When the organisation makes the journo the centre of the story, it shows you how far standards have fallen and how personality-driven things have become.

The Athletic are paying big salaries but I am interested to see how long that will be sustained if not aligned with big subscription numbers.

Quality journalism doesn't hold any guarantee on revenues.

The Guardian (if that's your bag) sells tiny numbers and has financially been on its arse for years.
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Not true anymore. The Guardian is huge online. And, as an organisation, it's making a small profit now. The Athletic has a similar aesthetic - it's not after clickbaity stuff. Long read pieces are coming back and about time, too. The whole business model for journalism is now about making money from other sources (property, investments etc) to pay for the high-quality insightful stuff such as The Athletic and good investigative journalism (NYT; Guardian, etc - sadly no longer The Independent).
 
northwichblue said:
What's the Athletic?
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northwichblue said:
What's the Athletic?
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A new subscription site, which has tapped up tonnes of esteemed journalists and reporters and guys with links to clubs... Basically trying to get rid of the tabloid-y click bait nonsense and actually have an organised medium where credible reports from credible people can share their info.

Well worth a subscription tbh.
 
Is he gone yet, this whole transfer saga is getting very tedious.

I hope if Sane does say he wants to leave then we say OK we will find you a club, that club being the highest bidder! Bayern Munich are scum

Surely we could get decent money for him from China?
 
Nails said:
Not true anymore. The Guardian is huge online. And, as an organisation, it's making a small profit now. The Athletic has a similar aesthetic - it's not after clickbaity stuff. Long read pieces are coming back and about time, too. The whole business model for journalism is now about making money from other sources (property, investments etc) to pay for the high-quality insightful stuff such as The Athletic and good investigative journalism (NYT; Guardian, etc - sadly no longer The Independent).
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I dont trust any journalism that comes from a source with political leanings. Just the facts would be nice, not snippets or half truths to portray their idealogy.
 
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