The Germany winger was in a bad place at the start of the season but has become one of the most dangerous players in Europe once again
Two things about Leroy Sane’s first season at Manchester City stand out as particularly strange now, more than two years down the line.
One is that some fans suggested that he was an unnecessary purchase, wondering whether the £47 million fee he commanded could have been spent better elsewhere.
The second thing is that Pep Guardiola once described Sane as ‘shy’.
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Sane did indeed take a few months to show even flashes of his devastating best, but it has been a long, long time since anybody has said either of those two things.