Schalke’s Sane undergoes City medical
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LEROY Sane underwent a medical check with Manchester City yesterday, his club Schalke 04 has confirmed, with the imminent deal reportedly worth a record 50 million euros (US$55.8 million).
If the transfer goes through, and hits the 50-million mark, it would make Sane the most expensive German signing of all time.
“We have now cleared things up with Manchester. Now Manchester must clear things up with the player,” Schalke’s director of sport Christian Heidel told local newspaper WAZ.
The 20-year-old is a rising star in the Germany squad and has already posed for pictures with City fans in Manchester.
The reported transfer figure seems astronomical given that Sane has made just 47 Bundesliga appearances, scoring 11 goals and creating seven more, since his debut in April 2014.
The fleet-footed forward made the last of his four international appearances for the world champion as a late replacement in last month’s 0-2 defeat to host France in the Euro 2016 semifinals.
Sane, who scored eight goals in 33 Bundesliga games last season, was missing when Schalke flew to its preseason training camp in Austria yesterday.
The Royal Blues had confirmed his trip to Manchester where he is expected to sign a five-year deal to work under City’s new coach Pep Guardiola, who was with Schalke’s rival Bayern Munich until last season.
Meanwhile, Chelsea manager Antonio Conte is uncertain about the future of Diego Costa, as Spanish media reports have linked the striker with a possible return to Atletico Madrid.
The 27-year-old, who joined the London club from Atletico in 2014, did not feature in Chelsea’s 2-3 defeat by Real Madrid in a preseason friendly on Saturday due to a back injury.
The Spain international scored 12 times last season as the club finished 10th in the Premier League, with British media reports also linking Everton striker Romelu Lukaku with a potential move back to Stamford Bridge.
“Today Costa is Chelsea’s player. Tomorrow if you ask me if Costa will remain with us, I don’t know,” Conte, the former Italian national coach, told reporters.
“I can say that today Costa is a Chelsea player. He didn’t play in these games because of injury and if he solves the injury and I see in training he’s in good shape, it can be possible to see him in the next game against AC Milan.”
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