🚨 Christian Falk's Fact Files - Liverpool are interested in Angelo Stiller

Today's exclusive transfer round-up from Bundesliga insider Christian Falk, featuring Bayern Munich, Liverpool, RB Leipzig, Tottenham and more

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Today’s top stories

• Liverpool, Arsenal & Tottenham lurking around €60m Frankfurt star…

• Could Mo Salah sign for Bayern Munich this summer?

• Manchester City hold ‘advantage’ in battle for Florian Wirtz…

• And further updates on Hugo Ekitike, Benjamin Sesko, Rayan Cherki and more!

BAYERN MUNICH

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True✅: Manchester City have an advantage in the race for Florian Wirtz. Bayern are still optimistic that they have a good chance for Wirtz. That said, they won’t make a move for him this summer; they’ve already decided they’ll go for him in 2026. It’s also the same case with Real Madrid. Everyone thinks he’s going to sign a new contract at Bayer Leverkusen, in the meantime, with a release clause for 2026. However, there’s one player in the market, and this is Manchester City, who are still keen to sign Wirtz this summer. We heard about some interesting movement from Giovanni Branchini, an agent who has worked with Bayern Munich in the past. He’s now involved in the deal and is trying to convince Wirtz to sign for City on behalf of the incumbent Premier League champions. So that’s an advantage for the English club at the moment. Inside Germany, we think it will take one year more, as Florian Wirtz is feeling comfortable at Leverkusen, not to mention, if Xabi Alonso stays another season, this could also influence his decision-making. Nonetheless, City continue to apply pressure!

True✅: Leroy Sane would need to take a serious wage cut to stay at Bayern. Sane has been performing really well in the last few weeks. Bayern Munich want to get salaries down, of course, partly to afford a potential move for Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz. Sane is one of the players they’re looking at to take a pay cut if he wants to extend his contract at the Allianz Arena. He’s currently on €20m - I think Bayern want this to be much lower. The club sees Sane in the range of players earning around €13m. If he would accept this, he has a chance to stay. Otherwise, Bayern will save their money for the big deals like Wirtz.

True✅: Bayern Munich pulled their offer for Joshua Kimmich. The bosses of Bayern didn’t like that he hesitated so long. So, last Monday (a week ago on February 24), the board had a meeting and decided that if he doesn’t accept the offer, they’d take it away - so they did! On Thursday, there was a meeting held between the Supervisory Board and Executive Board at Säbener Straße to make a final decision about a new contract for Kimmich. The player met the club halfway; now it seems like a contract extension is about to be announced very soon.

True✅: Bayern Munich remain interested in Viktor Gyokeres. Bayern doesn’t have so much money at the moment for transfers, but they know they need a substitute for Harry Kane. They’ve only got one striker and no one really knows if Thomas Muller will be playing next season. So, one striker wouldn’t be enough, which is why they have a list. Gyokeres is on the list, as is Benjamin Sesko. However, they have to sell some players. In this case, they hope Tottenham will be keen to pay the €60m transfer fee for Mathys Tel. If that happens, they’d be prepared to make a move for another striker, and potentially this would be Gyokeres. That all said, it’s worth pointing out that Bayern haven’t yet decided he’s their No.1 target; there are a few strikers on the list that are of interest. If Bayern get €60m for Tel, a move would be possible for Sesko, for instance, who’s valued at €70m.

Tarek Buchmann (20) is in a very difficult situation; he’s coming out of an injury (about 540 days off due to this). So, now he played his first match and got injured again. There was an operation for his shoulder, so it’s naturally not the best moment for a transfer. He has to work on his comeback. Buchmann is an interesting player, also for the first-team squad at Bayern Munich as a potential backup for the back four.

True✅: Kingsley Coman is attracting Premier League interest. I heard about interest from Liverpool, Newcastle and Tottenham. Saudi Arabia is also a topic at the moment. I personally wouldn’t sell him at Bayern Munich, but if you want to change the squad, you have to sell someone!

ADEMOLA LOOKMAN

❌Not True: German clubs are looking at Atalanta forward Ademola Lookman. I heard noise that perhaps Liverpool could be an option, but there’s nothing concrete with German teams at the moment. Nothing I heard on this.

ARSENAL

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