- Manchester United are very confident of finalizing a deal for Matthijs de Ligt this week, with the medical check taking place after the Euros. Talks between clubs are very constructive. Selling De Ligt would be valuable for Bayern to push ahead with the planned transfer of Jonathan Tah https://www.fussball.news/1-bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/durchbruch-gelingt-manchester-bei-de-ligt-diese-woche-der-zr-93174484.html 208 comments soccer
- United are in constant communication with the de Ligt side. But negotiations are not yet in the hot phase. United is actually looking in the €30-40m range, for Bayern, de Ligt would probably be closer to €50-60m. He's a very interesting player for United, but they don’t wanna go all in https://www.fussball.news/1-bundesliga/fc-bayern-muenchen/abwaegung-warum-manchester-bei-de-ligt-nicht-all-in-gehen-will-zr-93160672.html 138 comments soccer
- The current tendency is that Stuttgart winger Chris Führich is leaning towards a move to Borussia Dortmund https://www.fussball.news/1-bundesliga/borussia-dortmund/mehr-fuehrich-tendenz-zum-bvb-bei-bayern-kein-thema-zr-93144416.html 55 comments soccer
- Bayern have made an offer to Swedish club AIK Solna for 16-year old striker Jonah Kusi-Asare. FCB want to sign Kusi-Asare on a three and a half year contract with an option for another two years. The plan for the striker is to play for the second team. Fee around €5m. Competition from PSV Eindhoven. https://fussball.news/a/fc-bayern-hat-angebot-fuer-schweden-talent-abgegeben 19 comments soccer
- [Christopher Michel] VfB Stuggart, Borussia M’gladbach and SV Werden Bremer have added Damian Pizarro to their list of targets. The 18 year old Chilean striker has a contract with Colo Colo until 2025, already made his debut with the senior national team and contributed 14 G/A this season. https://fussball.news/a/3-klubs-buhlen-kommt-ein-neuer-pizarro-die-bundesliga 19 comments soccer
- Robin Gosens: "10 or 11 years ago, we always organised a barbecue with the boys when the final was on. We'd grill, drink a few beers and then replay the goals. I've sent a ticket to all my boys and they're going to Istanbul, only now I'm standing on the pitch. It's a completely absurd story." https://fussball.news/a/gosens-erzaehlt-vor-cl-finale-voellig-absurde-story 212 comments soccer
- Borussia Dortmund preparing €30m offer for Lyon midfielder Bruno Guimaraes. https://fussball.news/a/guimaraes-fuer-30-millionen-euro-zum-bvb 65 comments soccer
- Toni Freixa (Barcelona presidential candidate):"I'm impressed with Kimmich and his intelligence, but also with Goretzka, whose physicality and goalscoring ability will take any midfielder in the world to the next level. But you shouldn't have any illusions, Bayern is not a selling club." https://fussball.news/a/barca-praesidentschaftskandidat-freixa-will-sich-am-fc-bayern-orientieren 295 comments soccer
- Alaba is keen to end his career at Bayern if his wage demands are met. (Reported by Bild as more than 20 million euros gross per year.) His Agent Zahavi used the high prices and wages of Maguire, van Dijk and Laporte to bring his point across and called Alaba together with Ramos as the best CBs. https://fussball.news/artikel/bei-entsprechender-verguetung-alaba-traeumt-vom-karriereende-bei-bayern/ 307 comments soccer
- FC Bayern let go off the opportunity to pull the purchase option for Coutinho. A return to FC Barcelona is reportedly only a transit station and they hope for a high income from his sale (around 80 million). https://fussball.news/artikel/80-millionen-euro-unrealistisch-barca-wuerde-coutinho-zur-not-erneut-verleihen/ 222 comments soccer
- Dortmund is seriously thinking about Kai Havertz. They don't want to let him go to Bayern without a fight. [Kicker] https://fussball.news/artikel/havertz-zum-bvb-bei-sancho-verkauf-keine-utopie/ 253 comments soccer
- Before he moved to Madrid: Kroos agreed to move to Manchester United, but didn't because Moyes was sacked. https://fussball.news/artikel/vor-wechsel-nach-madrid-kroos-war-sich-mit-manchester-united-einig/ 86 comments soccer
- Benito Raman apparently has a hard time with Fortuna Düsseldorf's negotiating tactics: "I want to play for Schalke, nothing and nobody can change my mind. This change would completely change my career. I want to complete my medical check on Friday." https://fussball.news/artikel/raman-will-schalke-wechsel-forcieren-niemand-kann-mich-umstimmen/ 12 comments soccer
- Thanks to the net earnings of about 750,000 euros from the benefit game against Bayern last week, FC Kaiserslautern have secured their license to compete in Liga 3 next season. https://fussball.news/artikel/kaiserslautern-erhaelt-lizenz-fuer-die-3-liga/ 134 comments soccer
- According to SportBild Borussia Dortmund has reached an agreement with Nico Schulz. Schulz' contract with TSG Hoffenheim is running till 2021. His release clause is in-between €25m-€30m. https://fussball.news/artikel/medien-bvb-mit-schulz-schon-einig/ 23 comments soccer
- "Dortmund did a great job. That [transfer fee] is quite perverse. These are dimensions that can cause real problems for many in the Bundesliga." Max Eberl (Gladbach sporting director) on Pulisic transfer . https://fussball.news/artikel/nach-pulisic-transfer-eberl-gratuliert-bvb-und-kritisiert-abloesesumme/ 24 comments soccer
- Sport Bild expect Dominic Solanke to join Schalke on loan till the end of the season. Relationship between Klopp and Schalke DoF Heidel an advantage for S04. https://fussball.news/artikel/medien-solanke-soll-schalkes-sturmprobleme-loesen/amp/ 73 comments soccer
- Nobert Dickel on BVB's recent success "We have a good team, we play well, we have a great coaching team and Michael Zorc, the world's best sports director. He took exactly the players we missed." https://fussball.news/artikel/dickel-zorc-ist-der-beste-sportdirektor-der-welt/ 10 comments soccer
- "For what he (Witsel) brings for a relatively small transfer fee of 20 million euros, which makes him the best transfer of this transfer period." Roberto Martinez on Axel Witsel https://fussball.news/artikel/belgien-coach-martinez-schwaermt-von-bvb-transfer-witsel-bestes-investment-in-europa/ 110 comments soccer
- Schalke 04 in pole position to sign Omar Mascarell from Real Madrid http://www.fussball.news/artikel/mascarell-will-er-nur-zu-schalke/ 14 comments soccer
- Heynckes: Thiago will make his comeback on Saturday and start against VfL Wolfsburg http://www.fussball.news/artikel/heynckes-will-thiago-gegen-wolfsburg-einsetzen/ 9 comments soccer
- Klaus Augenthaler: „He came with Dortmund being in front of them with 5 points, and now he has a 9 point lead over the second place. What Jupp Heynckes has done to Bayern is insane.“ http://www.fussball.news/artikel/augenthaler-jupp-heynckes-ist-der-gewinner-des-jahres/ 27 comments soccer