🚨 Christian Falk's Fact Files - Chelsea lead Liverpool for Ekitiké
Today's exclusive transfer round-up from Bundesliga insider Christian Falk, featuring Bayern Munich, Arsenal, VfB Stuttgart, Liverpool and more
[From left to right: Christian Falk, Hugo Ekitiké & Benjamin Sesko]
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BAYERN MUNICH
Jonathan Tah
Bayern signed Jonathan Tah this week (til 2029). There was a meeting with his agent Pini Zahavi (at the restaurant Käfer) with Max Eberl, head of sport at FC Bayern. His other client with the club, Leroy Sané, was also under discussion. Bayern want to give the potential free agent a contract til 2028. But: Now there are other clubs interested. Zahavi is talking with Tottenham and Arsenal, but Chelsea are not very concrete.
Bayern’s left wing targets
True✅: Bayern is searching for a left winger. The candidates are Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton), Nico Williams (Bilbao) and Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace). The first rumours that FC Bayern were seriously interested in Gakpo emerged back in March. As Florian Wirtz is not coming, FC Bayern will stick to their system with two wingers and Jamal Musiala in the centre.
Missing out on Florian Wirtz
True✅: FC Bayern held a secret meeting to try to persuade Florian Wirtz. Now it has become known how hard the bosses fought for Wirtz in the end. On Sunday 18 May, there was a secret meeting in Munich with Florian Wirtz. He was driven directly from the airport to a hotel in the city in a limousine. From the underground car park, he was taken up to a suite in a lift. There, Wirtz held talks with coach Vincent Kompany, director of sport Max Eberl, sports director Christoph Freund, CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and supervisory board members Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß also attended the meeting. It was the day of the championship celebrations.
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