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Olise, Diomande “dream” targets for LFC (Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg)
According to this report, Liverpool has made it a priority to land Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise and RB Leipzig’s Yan Diomande:
Michael Olise and Yan Diomande are Liverpool’s ‘dream targets’ for this summer. However, LFC are aware that signing Olise is unrealistic. They know that Bayern have no intention to sell and that the player also doesn’t want to leave. Therefore, they’re targeting Diomande as he would be more realistic. Bayern also have the latter on the list, but a move is unlikely (too expensive, Bayern already have Luis Díaz)
In all likelihood, Olise is untouchable at Bayern Munich. The Bavarians would likely only consider a sale if some other club came in at 200 million or more — and even then, it would not be a certainty that the club or the player would want the move.
As for Diomande, it seems like a legitimate possibility that he will leave Die Roten Bullen in the coming months.
Reitz to Leipzig getting closer (Sky Germany’s Florian Plettenberg)
The long-rumored move for Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder Rocco Reitz to RB Leipzig seems to be getting close to coming to fruition:
🚨🆕 BREAKING | Understand advanced talks between RB Leipzig and Rocco #Reitz now underway over a summer move.
He can sign a top contract until 2031. Meetings have already taken place. Borussia Mönchengladbach are fully informed and clubs are in contact. Leipzig want to lower the release clause, currently set at €25-28m.
Reitz is their dream target, as excl. revealed in mid-January. @philipphinze24 | @SkySportDE
Bayern has €30m price tag on Kim per report (Sport Bild’s Christian Falk)
Bayern Munich has reportedly slapped a €30 million cost on Kim Min-jae:
✅ It is TRUE: Bayern Munich would be prepared to sell Kim Min-jae. They already discussed the prospect of an exit last summer. The price is still a secret, but FC Bayern already know that they won’t get the money they paid for him (€50m [£43.6m]) from Napoli back in 2023. I think at the beginning of any potential negotiations next summer, they would be prepared to start at €40m [£34.9m]. However, if there was €30m [£26.1m] on the table, they would be open to talks. They’re thinking of bringing in a new defender if Kim does leave the club, otherwise, they will stick with the options they’ve got in central defence. They’re happy with Kim Min-jae as the third-choice option at centre-back, and the surprising thing is that the South Korean international is also happy with this situation. So, they’re not searching for interested clubs, and this would be the point: Kim Min-jae would have to be the first one to say, “I want to leave Bayern.” But this isn’t the case at the moment. So, it’s not so clear what any transfer fee would look like at the end.
It seems like it will be hard to convince Kim to leave and if he has no desire to depart, he could play out the rest of his deal (through 2028) in Bavaria…even if other clubs come calling with a chance for more playing time.
Kane, Kimmich recognized for efforts (Kicker via @iMiaSanMia)
Bayern Munich stars Harry Kane and Joshua Kimmich earned spots on Kicker’s Bundesliga Team of the Week:
Kane also scored high enough to earn a place on WhoScored.com’s Bundesliga Team of the Week as well:
Arsenal set to keep Leverkusen’s Hincapié permanently (TEAMtalk)
It looks like Arsenal is considering Bayer Leverkusen loanee Piero Hincapié’s move permanent:
Arsenal are preparing to make Piero Hincapie’s switch from Bayer Leverkusen permanent after a hugely impressive campaign at Emirates Stadium, and with Mikel Arteta already making clear his intentions to trigger the deal, TEAMtalk can reveal.
The Gunners swooped to sign the 24-year-old on deadline day, 1 September, with his arrival further bolstering a very strong Arsenal rearguard. Having established himself as one of the leading defenders in the Bundesliga, the deal was seen as another transfer masterclass by sporting director Andrea Berta, who convinced Leverkusen to let him move to north London on a season’s loan deal worth €6m (£5.2m, $7m), but with a buy option fixed for €52m (£45m, $61m) at the season’s end.
And while the club officially maintains that no final decision has been made about the Ecuadorian defender, sources close to the Emirates confirm that Arteta is delighted with how Hincapie has settled into the squad.
A well-placed source, whose identity has been withheld on condition of anonymity, told TEAMtalk: “Piero has settled so well into the squad and the club as a whole. The staff are very happy with him, and he has just been getting better and better.”
Osimhen wants Juve transfer (ESPN)
Victor Osimhen has been on quite the career odyssey and his next stop — if he has anything to say about it — would be at Juventus:
Victor Osimhen wants to move to Juventus, but negotiations are difficult because Galatasaray would have to pay Napoli a penalty of up to €70 million if they offload the Nigeria striker to a Serie A club, as reported by Gazzetta dello Sport. The clause lasts two years and would drop to €50 million in the second of those, but it currently makes signing the 27-year-old an “impossible dream” for Juve.
Osimhen is still young, but his star is not shining as brightly as it was just a few years ago. Sometimes, it is easy to want too much too soon.
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