BAYERN MUNICH STAR Robert Lewandowski has encouraged his team to target Manchester City winger Leroy Sane.
Sane has been linked with a move to Bayern after a frustrating second half of the season with City, as the Germany international started just nine league matches in 2019.
Having seen his spot in Pep Guardiola’s team called into question, Sane could opt to return to his home country after coming up through Schalke’s youth academy and starring with the club’s first team.
Bayern secured their seventh straight Bundesliga title last weekend, and could make it a double with a DFB-Pokal final win over RB Leipzig on Saturday.
But changes are still expected this summer after a disappointing last-16 Champions League exit to Liverpool, with manager Niko Kovac potentially leaving after just one season.
Lewandowski believes that Sane would be a welcome addition at the Allianz Arena, telling a media roundtable: “That’s a super player with great qualities and great potential.
“I’ve already seen many times how good he is. That’s a player who can immediately take us higher, who improves the team.”
Bayern have already landed the French defensive duo of Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez ahead of next season, and Lewandowski isn’t expecting that pair to be Bayern’s last signings of the summer.
“The transfer window hasn’t even opened yet and we already have two players, I know there’s still more to come,” the forward said.
“That’s certain. Bayern has not yet said the final word with respect to transfers.”
The Poland international believes that any players coming to the Bundesliga champions will have to be ready to play right away, as the club do not have time to slowly develop players.
“If someone comes, he has to help us immediately, make us better with his quality. You don’t have any time here to develop someone for two years.
“From the very first matchday, you have to raise the quality of the whole team.”
With 22 goals, Lewandowski was crowned the Bundesliga’s top goal-scorer for the second year running in 2018-19, clinching the honour for the fourth time overall.
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Agree with his comments in that regard but a bit rich coming from him as La Liga chief where Barca and Real carve up the TV rights with their own TV deals which dwarf the alms handed out to the rest. Could do with sorting his own shop too..
@alternativefacter: your right about the TV rights there has been slight improvement but still nowhere near enough in Spanish football
PSG and City just copying the financial doping model invented by the Spanish and Catalan governments.
@Stanley Baggins: that’s just plain ignorance. The Spanish government lost true control years ago over the sport . It wasn’t a plan it was just ineptitude . The Catalan government is a regional government and have nothing to do with it . Still you’ll get more likes cos people love to believe s#it€
He wasnt saying anything when Real were winning. How much debt has the goverment wiped clean for them?
@Kingshu: used to be the king, is the government at it now?
@Kingshu: he is the League President , he has two many enemies , the Spanish FA and UEFA/CL
@Dave O Keeffe: the King ??? Haha haha deluded ! That’s like saying it was Franco cos he was top dog in Europe .
The rest of the football world should seize & allow Real & Barca to dominate
Javier has made some excellent points.
It was okay when their lads were the biggest fish in the pond. I agree with him but its hypocritical on his part. The two he mentions can’t get within an ass’s roar of a final no matter how much they bend the rules.
@Hardly Normal: Wait
…at one point they were going to wind up Real Madrid. It would have taken the main Spanish banks down with them. State support???
@Tom McHugh: what point was that ? A date maybe ?
City’s record signing is £60 million, what is Barcelona’s or Real’s. And they apparently wanted this idiot to be chief executive of the Premier League.
@William Boland: city just buy buy buy and consistently price other teams out of signings. I think your forgetting PSG though. Remember the whole Neymar+Mbappe double transfer? That was beyond farcical
@William Boland: it’s not what they pay it’s who they pay it for ? Real and Barca also sell their players for often more than when signed , even Ronaldo’s fee for Juventus was technically more . Who do City sell for more than they paid for ??
@Limón Madrugada: in the last 5 years, who have City overpaid for? They got out of the race for Sanchez because they didn’t want to overpay for him, same as DeJong. You can say PSG City in no way created the market the way it is now.
@William Boland: I haven’t said they’ve overpaid for anyone . I’m saying if you spend 12 x50M that’s 600M whereas if you’re an extremely rich club like Real Madrid or Barca you spend 200M -300M because you’ve just sold Neymar , Ronaldo or even Morata for 70-100-250M , and you’ve picked up 100m for winning the CL .. or should I say 400M for winning it 4 times in 5 years . It’s the total spend that’s high not the price for the player .And how you generated the money to pay for him . Madrid generates 120M a year from Adidas alone . 120M from ticket sales . Barca even more . City don’t generate that income , but they can spend better than the best .
He’s right too..
But its ok for Barcelona and Real to buy La Liga every year
@Brysonpieters: Barca didn’t buy it this year . Nor last year . Madrid’s last League win included the European double and they made no significant additions to that years squad that made the difference . Madrid has spent its money recently on future players some of whom have just started to play a bit ( Vinicius Jr) or Rodrygo , yet to arrive . Their impact on Madrid’s league position is minimal