Manchester City: Fans react to journalist’s claim about Leroy Sane possibly moving to Liverpool

Plenty of Manchester City fans have been reacting to a tweet from German football journalist Christian Falk about the possibility of Leroy Sane being sold to Liverpool.

Sport Bild’s head of football tweeted (via @cfbayern) that the Anfield club had shown an interest in signing the winger, who dismissed the idea as he doesn’t want to swap Manchester City for a direct rival and instead desires a move to Bayern Munich.

True: @LFC was interested in @LeroySane19. BUT: @LeroySane19 knows that as a player from @ManCity cannot switch to @LFC . he wouldn't do that to fans. therefore the transfer was never an option for him. moreover: @LeroySane19 only wants to go to @FCBayern https://t.co/LpGHPo7XSa

— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) May 18, 2020

The Bundesliga champions had reportedly lined up a transfer offer of €100m (£87.13m) for the 24-year-old last summer, according to Sport Bild, and they remain keen on trying to bring Sane back to Germany. Last week, The Telegraph reported that Bayern are considering a bid of £56.75m for the player, whose contract at Manchester City is set to expire next year.

The notion of Sane going to Liverpool sparked a mixture of reactions from these City fans on Twitter – some thought gleefully about the possibility of Sadio Mane being displaced at Anfield while others baulked at the idea of the Premier League champions selling a prolific winger to a club with whom they have developed an intense rivalry.

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Scroll down to see further reaction from some Manchester City supporters:

https://twitter.com/Rodr16Ball/status/1262472451025485824

https://twitter.com/McfcRxchy/status/1262418412250238976

Mane crying rn thinking about being benched.

— Agon (@TheOneKun) May 18, 2020

Sure he can to Liverpool. City will gladly take £250M & Mane.

— James Francis📎 (@Jamiehop27) May 18, 2020

I’d rather sell him for pennies on the dollar to Bayern than for any price to Liverpool. pic.twitter.com/CL9tOpAanW

— ᴬᵈᵃᵐ (@adamc_mcfc) May 18, 2020