Man City defender Angelino joins RB Leipzig on loan with £25m option to buy just six months after £5.3m move
MANCHESTER CITY have allowed full-back Angelino to join RB Leipzig on loan – and hope the deal could net them a swift £20 million profit.
The Spanish defender, 21, only returned to the Etihad in a £5.3 million move in the summer after spending 12 months with PSV Eindhoven.
He made 12 appearances in all competitions for Pep Guardiola’s side this term – but has now been sent to the German league leaders.
And if the move proves to be a success, Leipzig will have an option to buy him at the end of the season for £25.2m.
He has not started a Premier League game for City since the derby defeat to Manchester United in early December.
Guardiola has decided that with Benjamin Mendy and Aleks Zinchenko he is well covered at left-back.
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The former Bayern Munich boss has seen Leroy Sane return to first team training this week after missing the whole of this season with a cruciate knee problem.
And Guardiola is hoping to have him available as soon as the clash against Real Madrid in three weeks as he builds his strength.
Bayern are still chasing Sane but the Citizens still have an offer on the table as the German has not yet turned down an extension.