Leroy Sané

[FantasyIreland]

Haha what about the right back we have x2 thirty year olds.

both still amongst the very best in the league and Maffeo should get his opportunity soon.

 

[ljones15]

I'm sure I read somewhere last week that Schalke wanted £32 million for him. £8.5 million city premium it seems.

 

[domalino]

This month possibly ric?

If I were a betting man, I'd bet this will be like KDB last year. Back in Jan 2015 there was a lot of talk about us scouting him, opening negotiations etc. and then finally we followed through in the summer.

Schalke won't want to sell when they are fighting for a CL place (they are currently 2 pts off) , I'm not convinced he'd be the player we want to come in during the middle of a season anyway, and we certainly wouldn't want to sell players midseason to accomodate him in the squad.

I bet we end up signing him early in the summer after doing all the leg work this month.

 

[Ric]

This month possibly ric?

No, it would be summer.

 

[itisrising]

No, it would be summer.

Any chance it would be agreed before a summer move? If we do wait until summer to persue him, we may have to compete with other European giants.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Should get it tied up in January and loan him back to Shalke IMO.
Drag on all summer if he's called up to the Germany squad for the Euros.

 

[domalino]

Should get it tied up in January and loan him back to Shalke IMO.
Drag on all summer if he's called up to the Germany squad for the Euros.

And god forbid he actually play well at the Euros, the price could double again.

 

[BenjaniMwaruwari]

If there was any doubt in anyone's mind that we were getting Pep, this should eradicate any doubt. Clear as day that this is a Pep signing.

 

[St.Pauli support]

And god forbid he actually play well at the Euros, the price could double again.

Take a breath. He won't get much game time in that squad. Not yet. The price certainly won't double.

 

[BigOscar]

Find this one a bit bizarre to be honest. We've so many areas that need investment more than attacking midfield, so it's a lot of money to be throwing at someone who isn't the finished article and wouldn't really be in our best XI. Isco at a knock down price I can understand, but this just seems a bit odd.