Leroy Sane’s Manchester City team-mates are increasingly convinced the Germany winger will leave the club for Bayern Munich next year.

Bayern wanted to sign Sane last summer but those hopes ended when he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in August, even if there had been serious doubts about the Bavarian club’s willingness to meet City’s minimum £137 valuation.

But the injury has not deterred Bayern in their bid to land Sane and they are thought to be optimistic about their prospects of finally acquiring the player for a smaller sum next summer, when the 23-year-old’s value will drop as he enters the final 12 months of his contract with City.

City are understood to already be drawing up plans to replace Sane in the event he leaves, with Real Sociedad’s Mikel Oyarzabal one name in the frame, after being frustrated in their efforts to tie the 2018 PFA Young Player of the Year to a new long-term contract.

Sane’s attributes are highly regarded among his City team-mates but there is now a strong feeling in the dressing room that this will be his final season in Manchester and that his head has been turned by the prospect of joining Bayern and a return home.