MANCHESTER CITY will today unveil prodigy Leroy Sane as the £37million next piece in Pep Guardiola’s title jigsaw.
The 20-year-old German starlet jetted into England on Sunday night and spent most of yesterday at the City Football Academy.
And after being shown round, he underwent a medical and this morning he will put pen to paper on a five-year-deal.
His club Schalke wanted £41.5m but caved in following weeks of negotiations after Sane made it clear that he wanted to sign up to the Pep-olution.
The big-money deal includes various add-ons, which could potentially see Schalke get close to the price they wanted — if he proves to be a big success at the Etihad.
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Sane was pulled out of Schalke’s pre-season trip to Austria and flew to meet Guardiola and director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Guardiola has been a huge fan of the youngster last term and regularly praised him during his time in charge at Bayern Munich.
He said in February: “Leroy is a huge talent and I can only congratulate Germany on having a talent like him.”Sane enjoyed an outstanding campaign with Bundesliga outfit Schalke and forced his way into Joachim Low’s Euro 2016 squad with his performances.
He becomes Guardiola’s fourth and most expensive signing since taking over at City — and takes his spending to around £76m.
City are also finalising a £26m deal for Brazilian wonderkid Gabriel Jesus, 19, although he will be loaned back to current club Palmeiras until the New Year.
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