Monday, 1 August 2016

Leroy Sane: Germany midfielder close to joining Man City in £37m deal



Leroy Sane is close to completing a move to Manchester City from Schalke for a fee of £37m plus add-ons.
The Bundesliga club announced on Monday that the midfielder was in Manchester and had not joined their pre-season training camp in Austria.
City manager Pep Guardiola confirmed on 21 July he wanted to sign Sane.
The 20-year-old helped Germany reach the semi-finals at Euro 2016, having made his international debut in November.
He told Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel earlier this summer that he wanted to leave the club, according to German media.
Sane, a product of the youth system at Schalke, made his senior debut for them in April 2014.
He scored eight goals in 33 Bundesliga appearances last season as Schalke finished fifth, missing out on Champions League qualification for the second year in a row.

                            Who is Leroy Sane ? 

Leroy Sané (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛ.ʀɔʏ ˈza.nɛː], French pronunciation: ​[lə.ʁwa sa.ne]; born 11 January 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Manchester City and the Germany national football team

Club career[edit]

Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 for the youth team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father played early in his career. In 2005 he joined Schalke 04. Three years later he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In 2011 Sané returned to the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Schalke 04.
On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2017.[1] Sané made hisBundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 in a match against VfB Stuttgart.[2] He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 1–3 away defeat.[2]

International career[edit]

On 28 August 2015, Sané was first appointed by Horst Hrubesch in the Germany national under-21 football team, when he was nominated for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier againstAzerbaijan.[3] On 3 September 2015, Leroy Sané made his debut for the German U-21 side in a 2–1 win at Stadion an der Lohmühlein Lübeck against Denmark and he was replaced after 73 minutes by Julian Brandt.[4]
Sané received his first senior call up to the German national team on 6 November 2015 in a friendly against France.[5] On 13 November 2015, Sané was substituted in the 61st-minute for Julian Draxler in said friendly match against France in Saint-Denis, in what would be a 2–0 defeat for the Germans.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Sané is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast champion Regina Weber and former footballer and Senegalese internationalSouleymane Sané.[1][7] Souleymane Sané was raised in France; he came to Germany via his service in the French Army. Leroy Sané was born in Essen and raised near the Lohrheidestadion in Wattenscheid.[8] Leroy has dual German and French citizenship.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalRef.
ClubLeagueSeasonApp.GoalsApp.GoalsApp.GoalsApp.GoalsApp.Goals
GermanyLeagueDFB-PokalEuropeOtherTotal
Schalke 04Bundesliga2013–141000000010[10]
2014–15133001100144
2015–16338207100429
Total47112082005713
Last updated: 14 May 2016

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Sane commits to Schalke". Schalke 04. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b "Stuttgart vs. Schalke 04 3 - 1". Soccerway. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 August2015.
  3. Jump up^ "Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  4. Jump up^ "Sieg trotz Rückstand: DFB-Elf zeigt Moral". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  5. Jump up^ "Gomez returns, Trapp and Sané selected". dw.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved12 November 2015.
  6. Jump up^ "Frankreichs Sieg verkommt zur Fußnote". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. Jump up^ Zocher, Thomas (25 March 2014). "Schalke reward academy star Leroy Sane with two-year deal". SkySports.com. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  8. Jump up^ Philipp Rentsch (2015-05-26). "Leroy Sane: Nicht einfach zwischen den Welten zu switchen". westline (in German). westline GbR: Aschendorff Medien GmbH & Co. KG und WestOnline GmbH & Co. KG in Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts. Retrieved2015-08-26.
  9. Jump up^ Fabian Kunze (2015-11-11). "Senkrechtstarter Leroy Sané: Eine Chance in der deutschen Nationalmannschaft". EUROSPORT (in German). Retrieved 2015-11-14.
  10. Jump up^ Leroy Sané profile at Soccerway

External links[edit]

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