Janusz Michallik thinks Leroy Sane swapping the colours of Bayern Munich for Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool ‘makes sense’.
Liverpool will know all about Leroy Sane after his spell at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola, with Janusz Michallik claiming that the player ‘wasn’t mature enough’ at the time, as he told ESPN.
But with talk of Mohamed Salah’s future rearing its ugly head again, rumours have been surfacing about Leroy Sane possibly replacing the club legend.
Everton fan and former boxer Tony Bellew couldn’t even hide his envy about Mohamed Salah, as he stated that he is ‘one of the best footballers in the world’.
Either way, whilst former USMNT international Janusz Michallik thinks that Leroy Sane would do well under Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool, he did warn about Bayern Munich’s powers in keeping players they don’t want to sell.
The German champions recently paid top dollar for Tottenham’s all-time leading goalscorer and the England captain, Harry Kane.
He hasn’t gone to Germany to just win the Bundesliga, but also the European Cup, so in that aspect, the key players around him need to stay put.
That’s probably a reason why Janusz Michallik thinks that Leroy Sane stays on at the Allianz Arena despite the noise about Liverpool.
Sane to Liverpool?
“It would make sense, positionally,” said Janusz Michallik. “The way he plays. He is familiar with the league.
“If Mo Salah were to go, in the current form, then Leroy Sane would make sense. I don’t know if he continues to play like that or even better. You know how Bayern Munich deal. They don’t sell players if they don’t have to.
“They are one of very few clubs, who are not in the Premier League, maybe aside from Real Madrid and PSG, they don’t have to sell. They don’t need the money. If a player like Leroy Sane continues to develop, then I don’t think it will happen.
“The biggest question is for Leroy Sane. Would he want that to happen? He finally found an environment where he is thriving. He was immature at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola – if you are him, even though it’s always tempting to be and play for a manager like Jurgen Klopp and play for Liverpool, I just wonder if that would have been a good move for him, personally, when you finally find peace and are developing.”
Liverpool need to do everything to keep hold of Salah
There was strong talk in the summer regarding Saudi Arabia, yet Liverpool were able to bat that away and keep hold of their star man.
This season, Salah seems to have gone up a level, with a goal or assist in every game he has scored.
The only time he didn’t hit the back of the net was that now-infamous game against Tottenham.
If the Reds are to win the Premier League title again and lift more silverware in these coming years, then they need to do everything they can to keep hold of Salah.
Yes, Sane is a top, top player. He has seven goals in all competitions this season, with six from seven Bundesliga games (transfermarkt). That’s more than Salah who has six in all competitions.
But, at the end of the day, he would have to do something truly special to replace one of Liverpool’s greatest-ever players on the right.
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