Rummenigge: Sane would be Robbery's successor, we'll find a solution for James

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge addressed reports linking Bayern Munich with Manchester City's Leroy Sané, and the 'joy' for playing at the Bundesliga giants.

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said Leroy Sané would be Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry's successor if he decided to leave Manchester City for the Bundesliga champions.

"You shouldn't forget that he still has two years contract and that Manchester City don't just sell their players because they need to," Rummenigge said.

"This will be difficult. But I think that the player has to be convinced to have the joy for playing here at Bayern.

"He would be the successor of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry which is very interesting. As a player, this would be a good incentive I think."

France internationals and World Cup winners Lucas Hernandez and Benjamin Pavard have already agreed to join Bayern in the off-season, however, James Rodriguez could be set to leave Munich.

Asked about James, Rummenigge said: "We'll definitely meet next week and decide how to proceed. We have to put all the options on the table. And then decide together how to deal with these things, which now still have a question mark, so that they become exclamation marks.

"You can imagine if James does not play continuously from the beginning, that is not his claim, he is a superstar and of course he always wants to play. Now he has been injured in the last few weeks and we must not forget that. We will find a solution in line with him, I can promise you that."

When pressed on whether Bayern could buy James permanently before reselling him, Rummenigge replied: "No, that's not the style of Bayern. We don't want to do any human trafficking to earn anything from this story. Bayern has never done this before."