Bayern expect Sane in their ranks soon

Bayern Munich appear very confident about securing the services of Manchester City’s Leroy Sane soon.

The Bundesliga champions have long been linked with the winger. A deal was reportedly very close last summer, before Sane injured his knee in City’s Community Shield triumph against Liverpool last August, which has kept him out of first-team action for the entire 2019/20 season so far. His contract is about to enter its final 12 months, and there have been no hints of a possible extension.

A recent report suggested that the Premier League champions would be willing to sanction a sale, but only for the right price, meaning that they wouldn’t allow Sane to leave for any kind of a reduced fee.

Nonetheless, Bayern’s vice-chairman Uli Hoeness recently spoke to radio Bayern 1 (as relayed by Sky Sports) and mentioned Sane as one of the players they’re counting on to be the pillars of the next-generation team.

“When I think that we managed to extend with Manuel Neuer, and we have Joshua Kimmich, Niklas Sule, Robert Lewandowski and hopefully David Alaba and Thiago Alcantara [also agreeing contracts], and I also hope with Leroy Sane, with [Kingsley] Coman, [Serge] Gnabry, a young, developable team,” he said.

“I can imagine, if everything goes well, that a new era is just beginning at Bayern Munich.”