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

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Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic on Leroy Sané’s injury: “He is a Manchester City player. It [the injury] is sad and I’m sorry. We wish him a speedy recovery. I hope you understand we won’t comment [on the interest in signing him].” [via @altobelli13]
 
Cosmin said:
Meh. This sucks. He will never be the same. His pace will be affected.
I also don t think that we will offer him a new contract too soon.
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Reus, Shearer, Van Nistelrooy and Totti have all had tears in their ACL but all recovered and resumed to their high standard performances. Obviously there are complicated cases like Mendy where the damage to his meniscus were noticed later, he was able to resume his brilliant form briefly last year. A lot of it is down to the mentality of the athlete and that will be the major stumbling block for Leroy. Even if he loses pace he can emulate Ronaldo and adapt his game to succeed.
 
I wonder if the posters who were relinquishing the title on the condition of his being sold to the German rags still think the same now he's injured?
 
karen7 said:
Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic on Leroy Sané’s injury: “He is a Manchester City player. It [the injury] is sad and I’m sorry. We wish him a speedy recovery. I hope you understand we won’t comment [on the interest in signing him].” [via @altobelli13]
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Bloody cheek, they've non stop kept commenting on it all summer.
 
cleavers said:
I would hope we're better than that, well no I don't hope, I know we're better than that.
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I think we are too, but my point was we have showed good faith in offering him an increased contract, against which he hadn't signed for 18 months. I have no doubt in my mind that there was serious interest from Bayern and again, imo, that would have been with Sane's knowledge / blessing. If relationships with Pep are as bad as some are indicating on here, it wouldn't surprise me if we thought about the current offer on the table.

Anyway, what is important is his health so, I think we would all agree we wish him a speedy and full recovery
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Please...no offense taken! And, I went back and (think) took take of my overstep.

As for me, I had a short professional playing career as I had other, better paying opportunities to undertake. However, I enjoyed my time. I grew up with a pro Dad and saw every side of the business (and it has ALWAYS been a business!), from good to bad! Therefore, while I played with the same football passion as everyone else, I also saw that, for most, it was at best a labor of love that kicked you out in your early 30s (if you were lucky) and with almost nothing to fall back on...as I learned from my Dad’s experience and we’ve seen from more than one City “Star.”

My football (for fun by that time) actually ended around age 30, when I badly tore my right quad. Surgeons discussed the tear, the chances of playing competitively again, etc, etc... and I knew it was over. Since then, I have played about 15 mins of “competitive” football and made an arse of myself. Helped put any wistful musings to bed and I moved on.

When I was 16, I turned down a pro contract at Leeds to stay in school, do my A levels, and get a place at Uni, because I didn’t want to end up on the scrap heap the minute I got a bad injury, etc. That decision put me on a path that changed my life for the better.

Now, I have a good career and many happy memories of those “good old days,” whilst also being able to take good care of my family and put a few quid away for later.

So, it’s all good here. Hope you are, too, and absolutely no offense taken.

Be well.
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I’ll take the noose down from me Garrarge .. thought I was winding up David white me boyhood hero when I just caught up.. (id apologised b4 seeing the DW post btw ) enjoy the season blue ..
 
He will get the best care money can buy and will hopefully return to full fitness in the near future. He has the potential of a long and illustrious career ahead of him and I hope it can be as a City player.

We will take good care of him, as he is a City player. The rest will take care of itself.

That said, he is going to have some downtime post-surgery and before he can start working again, so It will be interesting to see if he spends that in Germany or Manchester.
 
blingy said:
I’ll take the noose down from me Garrarge .. thought I was winding up David white me boyhood hero when I just caught up.. (id apologised b4 seeing the DW post btw ) enjoy the season blue ..
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Haha! Sorry to disappoint!

Either way, no nooses allowed!!

Enjoy your new lease on life this season! ;-)
 
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