BAYERN MUNICH are set to renew their interest in Leroy Sane in January – despite his serious knee injury.
But Manchester City will be in no mood to let the German winger go cheaply in the New Year – and still hope he will commit to a new deal at the Etihad.
Sane is likely to be sidelined until the spring after suffering a cruciate knee problem in the Community Shield against Liverpool in early August.
That forced Bayern to look elsewhere to bolster their squad in the short-term – signing Philippe Coutinho and winger Ivan Perisic on loan.
But a swoop to bring Sane to the Allianz Arena on a permanent basis remains very much on the radar for the German champions.
They will hope City drop their £145 million price tag in light of his injury – although the feeling at the Etihad is their stance remains unchanged.
More than a year of talks over a new deal failed to reach a conclusion – but City have not yet given up hope.
The Premier League champions reportedly knocked back an offer for Sane by Bayern in the region of £70million in the summer.
And last month it was claimed that the Bavarian outfit are willing to make the player their highest earner on a whopping £400,000-a-week salary.
Award winning journalist and writer who has worked as a stringer for a couple of acclaimed South Africa based German journalists, covered 3 Ugandan elections, 2008 Kenya election crisis, with interests in business and sports reporting.
