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KIT HOLDEN: Leroy Sane's £50m move is one of Bayern Munich's finest bargains... they have snapped up the heir to Arjen Robben for half the amount they were willing to pay and their awe-inspiring front-line means the future looks brighter than ever

They have had to be patient, but on Wednesday it appeared that Bayern Munich finally got their man.

For over a year now, the German champions have been in lukewarm pursuit of Manchester City winger Leroy Sane.

Put on ice by his injury last summer, almost forgotten about in the midst of Bayern's early-season crisis and finally rekindled by the coronavirus crisis, it has always been a question of when, not if, Sane's move from Manchester to Munich would go ahead.

Leroy Sane is on the cusp of finally completing his long-mooted transfer to Bayern Munich
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It has also been a question of how, and most importantly for how much.