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Today's exclusive transfer round-up from Bundesliga insider Christian Falk, featuring Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool and more

[From left to right: Christian Falk, Felix Nmecha & Nico Williams]

Today’s top stories

• Manchester United may follow Chelsea and target another Dortmund player…

• Do Bayern have any hope of beating Barcelona to Nico Williams?

• Things could ‘quickly change’ between Cody Gakpo & FC Bayern…

• Bayern set to be beaten by Premier League again for €60m transfer…

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True✅: Max Eberl is back in the USA. Before he took the plane, he presented his transfer strategy in Munich to the management board and parts of the supervisory board: which two attacking wingers the record champions now want to focus on: Nico Williams (22) from Athletic Bilbao and Jamie Gittens (20) from Borussia Dortmund. Two names - two problems.

True✅: FC Barcelona are still involved with Nico Williams, and they firmly believe in their mission to sign him. The Catalans are convinced they can register Williams, despite their ongoing financial problems, and have an advantage. There are rumours that Bayern have made enquiries to their former coach Hansi Flick (who was the coach at Bayern until 2023) in Spain about how serious the situation is - and whether a deal with Barça is really imminent. The feedback has been that Barça are sure to sign Williams.

Bayern’s endeavours to sign Jamie Gittens also appear to be in vain. The Englishman wants to leave Dortmund - and has long since reached an agreement with Chelsea FC for a seven-year contract (around €7m salary per season). There was also a meeting between Dortmund boss Lars Ricken and Chelsea in the USA, and an agreement is said to be only a matter of time. Chelsea are apparently only prepared to pay the requested transfer fee of €60m.

Max Eberl should already be looking for alternative candidates for the wing. Liverpool's Cody Gakpo, for example, could be back on the radar. The player is said to be a personal favourite of Eberl. After initial talks with the Gakpo side, there has been no contact with the agents recently. That could now quickly change again. Teammate Luis Diaz also remains a candidate.

Things are looking better for our new German star at the U21 European Championship: Nick Woltemade. Eberl has held talks with his agents in Munich. The striker now wants to leave Stuttgart and reject VfB's offer. Stuttgart are demanding at least €60m. Bayern have an agreement with Woltemade (player and club). No negotiations with VfB Stuttgart until now.

Los Angeles FC want Thomas Müller, and Müller basically wants to go to LA - but the two sides can't come together financially. Now, a third party could help! Bayern sponsor ‘Adidas’ is supposed to close the gap (worth millions). Müller has a personal supplier contract with Adidas, which could be extended both financially and in terms of time in the event of a move to the USA. In the background, FC Bayern is pushing for a transfer with its partner club. The German champions want Müller to be their US ambassador for the American market. Now the club's sponsor, Adidas, which owns 8.33 per cent of FC Bayern's shares, is said to have been involved in order to close the financial gap that still exists between the LA offer and Müller's expectations.

Kim Min-jae currently has no offers. Should a sale be possible, FC Bayern has a replacement on the list: Tomas Araujo from Benfica Lisbon. Bryan Zaragoza has a club, Celta Vigo, that is specifically interested. Negotiations are ongoing. Villarreal and Sevilla are also interested. However, FC Bayern would like its transfer fee of around €17m back. That could be difficult. Kingsley Coman wants to stay at FC Bayern. There are currently no concrete offers. As long as the club does not have a new winger, his chances of staying increase. There are also no developments regarding João Palhinha. The player is still keen to establish himself at FC Bayern and is currently not interested in returning to Fulham. Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, and Sacha Boey would also like to stay. There are currently no talks.

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