Schalke have confirmed that Leroy Sane is in
Manchester as he closes in on a move to
Manchester City.
Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel told
German newspaper WAZ that the deal for the 20-
year-old is near completion and reported that the
base fee for the transfer will be €48 million.
Heidel, however, would not comment on those
figures, although he admitted that negotiations
with Manchester City had been tough.
"Everything is decided with Manchester City. Now
Manchester have to deal with the player. That
should be finalised either today or tomorrow,"
Heidel said. "At the beginning our stand points
were very different. Now we have achieved a
result we can be more than happy with."
Heidel had said at the weekend that Sane would
travel with the German side to Austria to take part
in their preseason training camp, unless a fee
with City had been agreed.
The club confirmed on Monday that the Germany
international had not joined the squad in Austria
and had instead flown to England.
Schalke announced on their Twitter account:
"Leroy Sane is currently in Manchester and will
not be travelling with Schalke to the training
camp."
Leroy #Sané is currently in Manchester and will
not be travelling with #Schalke to the training
camp. #s04 pic.twitter.com/Jz0Mrlv5vO
- FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) August 1, 2016
Sky Sport in Germany has claimed Sane has
already passed his medical.
Sane, who was part of Germany's Euro 2016
squad, made 42 appearances in all competitions
for Schalke last season, scoring nine goals and
providing seven assists.
He signed a new contract in July last year that
tied him to the Royal Blues until 2019, but he is
set to leave after informing the club of his desire
to leave this summer.
Heidel told Bild at the weekend: "Leroy once again
told me about his intention to leave on
Wednesday."
Bild has said the deal will see City pay an initial
€37 million with bonuses potentially taking the
deal up to €55m.
City have already signed Ilkay Gundogan from
Borussia Dortmund, Nolito from Celta Vigo and
Oleksandr Zinchenko from Russian club Ufa.
Stefan Buczko contributed to this report.
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