Sané responds to Kroos' advice

At just 22 years of age, Sané is one of Pep Guardiola's most important players at Manchester City, but he was left out of Germany's World Cup squad in what was a surprising decision. 

Before the first match of the Nations League, Toni Kroos gave Sané, who played just seven minutes in the game against France, some advice: "I think he's a player who has everything to be a world-class footballer. What he needs is for people to tell him from time to time what he has to do."

Little over a month later, the talented youngster responded to the Real Madrid midfielder's words in an interview with 'FourFourTwo': "If I play badly, it's not like I don't care. I respect criticisms and it's good for me that I can look different. Criticism is always an incentive to improve.

"I was disappointed when I heard that I wasn't going to the World Cup, but I told myself that I had to prove a lot more and I took it as a motivation," said Sané.