Manchester City have agreed a £54.8 million fee for Leroy Sane to complete a move to Bundesliga Champions Bayern Munich, where he will sign a four-year deal worth around £385,000 a week.
The German international turned down a new contract with City, who had been willing to pay only around half the wages Bayern have agreed, and had decided to sell him rather than risk losing him for free next year when his terms expired.
Sane will fly out to Munich to complete the move and will stay in Germany for the rest of the season, rather than return for City’s Champions League campaign.
A move to the German giants was on the cards last summer, only for Sane to suffer a serious knee injury during the community shield which ruled him out of action for ten months.
Despite City valuing him at an astonishing £140 million a year ago, getting almost £55 million for the 24-year-old would appear to be some exceptionally good business done by Pep Guardiola.
However, this move would be a disappointing end to Sane’s City career that appeared at one time to be heading for great things at the Etihad after he was crowned PFA Young Player of the Year in 2018.
Sane, was understood to be shocked to be left out of Joachim Low’s German World Cup squad- at the time a move that was quiet baffling- after his magnificent contribution of 10 goals and 15 assists to the record breaking City side who became the first to break the 100 points barrier in an English top flight season.
In his total appearances of 90 games for City in the Premiership he has scored 25 goals with 28 assists in a side that has won 68 times, with only nine defeats.
Sane, certainly looks likely to become one of the key components of Hans Flick’s German machine. With the likes of Thiago, Javi Martinez and Alphonso Davies in midfield and now able to throw Sane into the mix as well, City’s loss looks to be Bayern’s gain, with the German champions squad for next season enhanced by the signing of Leroy Sane.
Already this season Bayern’s strength in depth of their squad is frightening. Enough already to secure the Bundesliga title and the possibility of the Champions League, which is still up for grabs. Adding Sane into this quality squad will only see Der FCB continue to dominate German football for the foreseeable future.