MANCHESTER CITY had a swap deal involving Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman rejected by Bayern Munich, according to reports.
German winger Sane eventually joined the Bundesliga champions in a £55million cash deal but City reportedly wanted to swap him for the Frenchman.
Sane eventually signed for the Bundesliga champions in a £55m cash deal
Man City wanted to swap Kingsley Coman for Leroy Sane but Bayern Munich rejected it
City’s director of football Txiki Begiristain asked for a swap deal but his Bayern counterpart Hasan Salihamidžić refused, according to German outlet Bild.
The Bundesliga giants were forced to apologise to City last week for releasing pictures of Sane in a Bayern shirt before the deal was officially announced.
Photos of the winger wearing his new club’s shirt began to appear on social media on Thursday night.
Sane, 24, had spent the day in Munich completing his medical and meeting with club officials at the training ground.
The deal was then confirmed Friday morning but had not gone through when the images were leaked – so Bayern had to say sorry to City for their mistake.
Sane is set to pocket around £20m in “extras” over his five year stay at Bayern.
The German international will earn around £385,000-a-week in wages in Bavaria – which works out around £19.8m-a-year.
He will also land a signing on fee – believed to be in the region of £10m – as a sweetener for joining the club.
And the ex-Schalke star can also expect image rights worth around £2m-a-year in a contract that runs until summer 2025.
Sane’s addition to Bayern’s already potent attack could see them become the best team in the world again with a front three of Sane, Robert Lewandowski and ex-Arsenal man Serge Gnabry.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
