Bayern hunting for talent amongst rival's ranks...again
Reading Time: 2min | Mon. 25.01.21. | 15:13
Hansi Flick spoke to Dayot Upamecano
Bayern's long-standing tactic is to strengthen its own ranks through weakening the Bundesliga competition. Manuel Neuer, Robert Lewandowski, Niklas Süle, Benjamin Pavard, Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Alexander Nübel, Serge Gnabry, previous years Mats Hummels, Mario Goetze, Michaël Cuisance…
That formula brought great success to Bayern in all fields, so why would you change a good recepy? German Kicker claims that the coach of the triple crown winner, Hansi Flick, had a personal conversation with Dayot Upamecano, which Leipzig permitted, in order to convince him to move to the Allianz Arena next summer!
Flick thinks that footballer of Bissau-Guinean descent is the perfect choice for one of the two center-back positions, but it remains to be seen who will the young Frenchman replace. David Alaba is definitely leaving Bayern and it has already been written that he has agreed on a free transfer for the summer to Real Madrid for an annual salary of 13 million USD (1.4 billion KSH). Again, the story has been circulating for two years that Jerome Boateng is also leaving Bayern, which practically means that Bayern would have to bring in another central defender because only Niklas Süle would remain in the rotation. However, occasionally Lucas Hernandez also played as a sweeper this season, and that is not a foreign position for him from the time when he played for Atletico Madrid.
As Bayern points out, paying the buy-out clause is the least of the issues, which has existed since last summer and amounts to 52 million USD (5.6 billion KSH), because Upamecano is now the one who decides. He allegedly hopes for an invitation from Real Madrid, and he has already refused Manchester United twice. The Red Devils are persistently monitoring the situation and are ready to start a new round of negotiations and for the transfer to happen, United is allegedly ready to pay as much as 75 million USD (8 billion KSH) in order to secure a signature and satisfy all parties.
The reason why Upamecano has rejected United so far is that the club from Old Trafford missed the chance to hire him for only 850.000 USD six years ago, under the pretext that he is not talented enough for top-level football.
Bayern has the money, but all that remains is for Upamecano to decide. It is rumored that Liverpool is ready to enter the race for his signature…
