Leroy Sane faces the prospect of losing a staggering £11million in wages if he continues with his refusal to sign a new contract with Manchester City.
City are offering the German winger a £105,000-a-week pay-rise to commit himself to the Etihad until 2023, taking his salary to £170,000-a-week.
But Sane is reluctant to pen the new deal – despite indicating earlier in the summer that he was ready to sign. And Bayern Munich want to take the 23-year-old back to the Bundesliga.
But while Bayern are prepared to make Sane their highest earner, they have been left stunned by City's £140million valuation.
The Premier League champions will not allow a club that has been critical of their Abu Dhabi-based ownership to dictate the terms of the winger's departure.
City have informed the flying forward and his advisers that he is free to leave if their demands are met.
But Sane has not yet told the Premier League champions that he wants to quit Manchester – despite Bayern believing that they have bagged their No.1 transfer target.
Senior City sources insist that they will not budge on that stance.
So now Sane must decide whether to accept City's huge offer – or miss out on a bank-busting £105,000-a-week for the final two seasons of his existing deal.
That adds up to a cool £10.92million – with Sane's current contract worth £65,000-a-week.
Sources in Germany claim the Bundesliga champions have tabled a five-year contract worth £18.31m-a-year, including bonuses. That works out at £350,000-a-week.
City are resolved to keeping Sane for at least another year – unless the player demands to leave and their asking price is met.
litadlrsz
828
If Joao Felix is worth more than 100m, then why not Sane?
RahmDee
132
When i heard of Sane's wages i was stunned. what a class of a guy he is. he should be earning 200 plus a week. just look at the empty cans in my United and check their wages. what a pity
ishti
85
When you have been bullying Bundesliga clubs in letting you sign players for peanuts, obviously you will be 'Stunned' to hear about the very reasonable fee of Sane.
Vipacdknot
71
for me compared to the salaries of the rubbish players we have at man Utd . sane deserves to get at least 250k per week at man city which is also a big club.
raynknight
66
He is OverRated , his off the ball works r not Good , He loses ball quite often ,He isn't a Hard worker and He also posses a Attitude problem !! There r more cons than Pros in Him !!! He isn't worth €140m but if he is available around €80m-€90m then the money is well Spent He is StiLL Very young and posses a Great Potential but He isn't Making most of his Talents and That's the prime reason Sterling and Bernardo r ahead of him in CiTy .... Even A coach Like Pep isn't bringing the best out of him , so it will take something extra To bring the best out of him
ManCityFanForever
60
You’re willingly to offer a wage worth £350k-a-week but got stunned by valuation worth £140m. Height of Hypocrisy.