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

[RandomJ]

He can sign a pre-contract with another club in January if I’m not mistaken. Try and get £50 million for him if we can in the summer and move on.

 

[celf]

he wants away and a new adventure,good luck to him. finding a replacement of equal or better quality is more important now. Sancho for me please.

 

[domalino]

Think Leroy was similarly playing on the right at that age at Schalke although I could be wrong.

Sané was almost exclusively on the right until he got here. He actually started on the right here as well until Nolito really fell out of favour.

 

[Ballet-on-ice]

The only thing that annoys me about all this is that Bayern have been allowed to act with impunity and conduct a public, open and unashamed tapping up of another clubs player.

 

[Tevez City]

I would not ‘slag’ him off as he is one of the most exciting players to watch ‘on his day’. That’s the issue though. I loved watching him play and grateful for his contribution. However, Raz is far the superior player, passion, work rate and always gives a 100%. I would be a lot more worried about losing Raz. Leroy is replaceable, and he has decided his future lies elsewhere. Not sure Pep ever really trusted him like he does Raz. Thanks for the memories Leroy and grateful for all you contributed, but hope we take the money this summer.

Sane > Sterling

 

[mat]

He was never signing a new contract. Fuck him, if he doesn't want to be here then get whatever the best price we can and move on.
We only want players in our squad who've bought 100% into what we are trying to achieve.
Leroy never really struck me as somebody who did that, which is a shame because he could have become a worldbeater under Pep.

Agree.

I honestly thought hed be our equivalent of the fake Ronaldo at the rags peak.

 

[bluemonkey71]

Didn’t see that coming

 

[mccity]

Sane > Sterling

They're both absolutely fantastic talents. They both possess skillsets that are almost unique to them individually. There's no objective way of saying one is truly better than the other.

 

[mcfcstu]

Pep’s hit the nail on the head really with his statement, pay up this summer what we want or he will stay till the end of next season and leave on a free whereby Bayern won’t then be the only club in for him. Big gamble here for Bayern do they pay up or take the chance that they could eventually be priced out at the end of his contract by another big club. Also Sane may have to put pressure on Bayern to pay up this summer or potentially miss out on the Euro’s next season as he may be played very sparingly by City for the remainder of this season and next and with that will they know whether he has recovered properly from his knee injury.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Sane > Sterling

No.

 

[chaddblue]

Shame, could have been a legend. Two years ago I thought he was on the way to becoming one of the best players in the world. His poor attitude and lazy tendencies will prevent that ever happening

I would like to say I wish him well.. but I'd be lying, cos wishing him well also means I wish Bayern Munich well... and I want nothing but pain and misery for those corrupt vermin german rag c**nts !!!

 

[BillyShears]

Sané was almost exclusively on the right until he got here. He actually started on the right here as well until Nolito really fell out of favour.

Voila. So yes, I can see it being Chukwueze. Or if not then the lad at Sociedad who I really don't rate but others love.

 

[brummie blue]

Christ on a bike... anyone would have thought this was a surprise if you go by some of the media reports on Twitter and BBC and Sky websites.

Pep will have been told it's time to let the world know he's going, we'll have been working on a replacement since Sane said he wouldn't extend, so no big deal, decision is now do we take whatever is on offer from Bayern this summer or let him go for free and have a player being difficult next season.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Happy not to see him put a kit on again for us. Good while he was here but if he hadn't been injured he would have gone last summer. Nobody is bigger than the club and he has taken the easy route going to a one team league. Might as well be Patrick Roberts and gone to Celtic

 

[ctid1894]

Good luck to him. Whatever the reasons behind the desire to leave it's none of our business. He's been a far better player than we could have anticipated when we bought him and played an integral role in a treble and quadruple the last couple of years, so we've more than got our money's worth.

At least now we actually have clarity, so we can move on and look to the future.

 

[cjn]

Won't be Sancho (even if he would like us to sign him). His wages will be somewhere around 250k - which is simply NEVER happening at City.

My guess is it's going to be this guy.

Apparently this kid has a €100m release clause? Could see it though because besides for that he definitely looks like a City type winger.

 

[blueparrot]

Sane > Sterling

In ability, not in achievment.

 

[urban genie]

Sane has great ability and loved watching him bit anyone not wanting to be here can go and really not arsed if they do.

 

[kaz7]

Let's not slag off the kid,we achieved a lot and he was a big part of it

He has chance to be a big name in his own county

Also don't underestimate the pressure he is getting from Lowe to get into the team for the euro's

Biggest mistake we have made in years losing him

 

[Manchester33]

Good luck to him.

A centurion and a key member in our quadruple winning season. Wants to go back to the most successful club in his home country. We'll make a profit off him and he's contributed so much to the team. Remember THAT goal v Liverpool last January.

Let's get off the lads back and thank him for the memories.