Leroy Sané

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

you've got one? :)

Ask your w..... Na, forget it, I'm above that (:

 

[HelloCity]

Why are you deliberately simplifying this? You're ignoring a large part of the point I'm raising: everything about the Pogba to United deal at the moment is entirely based in sensationalised estimates so that's all the press can do. Journalists in Italy with their finger on the pulse, people like Di Marzio who just want to get the information out there, seem to reckon it'll come somewhere between €110-120m which, in our money, is about £92m. Are the press mainly running with £92m? No, they're predominantly running with the € figure because it looks bigger on the back page, sells more papers and gets more clicks. Basically, until the press are briefed by United or Juventus about Pogba's wages then they're unlikely to include that as part of the headline figure. When Pogba eventually signs for them (probably next week) and the finer details of his contract are investigated, I imagine there will be a few red tops running with "€200M FOR POGBA" in huge letters, but we'll have to wait and see to be sure. The press just report whatever they can get their hands on, there's no concerted effort to portray us as greedy when we sign a player for £50m, or to portray the Pogba deal as anything other than it is: a landmark moment in world footballing history as viewed from the perspective of people whose currency is the £ (which is to say the €100m ceiling was broken years ago).

To please Fantasy and bring this back round to the deal for Sané, our deal with Schalke was initially reported as £40m+ with £5m add-ons, but as the weeks have gone by it's emerged that the fee will be closer to £30m with £15m worth of add-ons. The press have got no real clue as to what happens behind the scenes when transfers take place, they just broadcast/report whatever they can get from their sources. In order to manipulate the facts surrounding football player transfers they'd have to be aware of all the facts when, in reality, journalists are just as desperate for transfer information as we are. They sensationalise and they get it wrong sometimes, they plant rumours and spread myths, not to dig at any club in particular (that mainly comes through in opinion columns) but to just move with the tide of opinion they spot on social media. I don't want to sound like a dick but I've studied journalism for almost five years now and live newsrooms at newspaper offices are just a bunch of normal men and women rushing around to finish stories off, they just don't have the time to sit down and think "How could I make Team A or Player B look terrible?".

That's like saying newspapers don't have political agendas or bias because the journalists are too busy rushing off stories.

Of course bias exists in newspapers. A lot of what is printed is propaganda. Are you telling me The Sun doesn't have an anti labour / Muslim agenda because it's written by normal men and women?

It's no different with football.

 

[bobmcfc]

Taking what mattyb said about the 3 rooms and adding on a bit of his own for attention is my bet

Actually he's alright he is, he's never put info on before always seemed a top bloke

 

[kaz7]

Actually he's alright he is, he's never put info on before always seemed a top bloke

It came about when i saw a tweet and i don't believe twitter and said so,i didn't know who he was,i've said sorry

 

[i8rags]

It came about when i saw a tweet and i don't believe twitter and said so,i didn't know who he was,i've said sorry

Have you learnt your lesson though.

 

[kaz7]

Have you learnt your lesson though.

Maybe ;)

 

[dannyirishblue]

so its 46.5 million pound now....soon to be 46.5 million plus add ons and so on

 

[Ajm1985]

So what the feck is going on? Sané is booked into the Radisson (nice hotel) but isn't there yet? Fee is agreed?

 

[pudge]

So what the feck is going on?

Fuck all by the looks of it.

 

[Super David Silva 21]

Philip Harmeling
2 mins ·


The saga of Leroy Sané is finally over. He's heading to Manchester City!

Sané came back from vacation on Monday and had talks with the direction of Schalke 04 on Tuesday and Wednesday concerning his future. His agent and him confirmed (again) his desire to join Manchester City in the Premier League.

Manchester City and Schalke 04 completed the agreement on Thursday.

The cost of the transfer is fixed on a basic fee of about €37M euros that will be paid in several installments. The balance flows through low-risk bonus agreements (Top 5 in EPL, CL).

His contract is still unclear but expecting to be over 4-years with a salary over €6M per year.

The presentation of Leroy Sane from Royal Blue to Sky Blue is imminent