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Bayern Munich responds to Chelsea’s £60m transfer move for David Alaba

Bayern Munich responds to Chelsea’s £60m transfer move for David Alaba

Premier League, Bundesliga, Transfer Info
Bayern Munich manager Hansi Flick has dismissed reports linking David Alaba to Chelsea, insisting the defender will not be going anywhere this January transfer window. Chelsea have been linked with a number of players following the lift on their transfer ban this window, but the Bayern Munich defender will not be moving to Stamford Bridge. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard had reportedly shown a strong interest in the 27-year-old defender , with a bid of £60 million rumoured. The Austrian would be a welcomed addition at the club as they look to prioritise the signing of a left-sided defender this January window after also being linked with Ben Chilwell.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Ho...
Thomas Muller: Chelsea are not performing

Thomas Muller: Chelsea are not performing

Premier League, Bundesliga
Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller feels Chelsea are "not performing" after they were drawn to play against the German side in the Champions League last 16. Frank Lampard's team face Tottenham on Sunday after four defeats in their last five top-flight games to Manchester City, West Ham, Everton and Bournemouth respectively. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Blues reached the Champions League knockout stage after finishing second in Group H behind Spanish side Valencia, and play Bayern in the first leg at Stamford Bridge. Bayern, meanwhile, who are struggling in the Bundesliga - find themselves fifth after 15 matches - topped Group B with six victories from six, scoring 24 goals and conceding just five, beating Spurs 7-2 in October. (adsbygo...
Bayern Munich sack Kovac after Eintracht Frankfurt humiliation

Bayern Munich sack Kovac after Eintracht Frankfurt humiliation

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich have parted ways with manager Niko Kovac after only 16 months in charge of the club. He leaves the club just one day after they were completely thrashed 5-1 by his former team Frankfurt. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Announcing the decision, the club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "The performance of our team in recent weeks and the results have shown us that there was need for action. "Uli Hoeness (president), Hasan Salihamidzic (sporting director) and I had an open and serious conversation with Niko on this basis on Sunday with the consensual result that Niko is no longer coach of FC Bayern. "We all regret this development. I would like to thank Niko Kovac on behalf of FC Bayern for his work, especially for winning the double ...
Philippe Coutinho confirms he doesn’t want Barcelona return after torrid time at Nou Camp

Philippe Coutinho confirms he doesn’t want Barcelona return after torrid time at Nou Camp

La Liga, Bundesliga
Philippe Coutinho wants to put his Barcelona nightmare behind him and remain a Bayern Munich player “for a long time”. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The ex-Liverpool midfielder joined the Bundesliga champions on loan yesterday after they paid Barcelona £7.78million, with the option to make the move permanent next summer window for £110m. Coutinho revealed his Barcelona career is “now history” as the former Inter Milan player prepared to compete in his fourth European League. He said: “In Barcelona, a lot of things did not turn out as we had imagined. But this is now history. I hope to stay here for a long time and win many titles. "I've earned experience, won titles and learnt a lot, but now I need to focus on Bayern. I didn't have any doubts when ...
Coutinho joins Bayern Munich on loan from Barcelona

Coutinho joins Bayern Munich on loan from Barcelona

Bundesliga, La Liga, Transfer Info
Philippe Coutinho has completed his loan move to Bayern Munich from Barcelona, with a season-long agreement including a €120 million purchase option. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Brazil international midfielder will spend the 2019-20 season with the Bundesliga champions before a decision is made over a permanent transfer. Bayern Munich have already paid out an €8.5m loan fee and agreed to take on the Brazilian’s full salary. Barcelona had been eager to put such a deal in place as they press ahead with their efforts to bring Neymar back to Camp Nou. And Coutinho has now headed out of Spain and is looking forward to making a new start in Germany. He told Bayern’s official website: “For me, this move means a new challenge in a new country with on...
Leroy Sane could join Bayern as Guardiola confirms decision is up to the German

Leroy Sane could join Bayern as Guardiola confirms decision is up to the German

Premier League
Manchester City head coach Pep Guardiola is hopeful last campaign's treble winners can add another central defender before the new campaign starts while also conceding that he hopes to see Leroy Sane remain with the club. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager addressed speculation surrounding the future of the winger, who has been linked with Bayern for a majority of the summer window. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Former Germany star Lothar Matthaus says that he believes Sane can be the new star of Bayern Munich, while Guardiola has already said that he thinks Leroy Sane's career would best be served by staying at City. "We want him to stay. Hopefully he can stay this season and another one and another one, that's why we offered him a new co...
Liverpool and United target Nicolas Pepe makes transfer decision

Liverpool and United target Nicolas Pepe makes transfer decision

Premier League, Transfer Info
Nicolas Pepe is set to snub interest from several Premier League big clubs and sign for Bayern Munich instead. Liverpool and Manchester United are reportedly set to miss out to German giants Bayern Munich in the race for highly-rated Lille forward Nicolas Pepe. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The Ivory Coast international attracted the attention of big European teams last season, after scoring 22 goals in all competitions and helping Lille secure Champions League qualification in the process. Both Liverpool and United have been linked with the 24-year-old for a while now, but are now poised to look out after Bayern Munich upped the intensity of their approach in order to sign the explosive winger. That is according to the Sun, who claim the Germans g...
Callum Hudson-Odoi to sign new Chelsea deal

Callum Hudson-Odoi to sign new Chelsea deal

Premier League, Transfer Info
Chelsea are increasingly confident of Callum Hudson-Odoi putting pen to paper on a new contract in the coming weeks. The England international was desperate to join Bayern Munich in the January window, with the German champions seeing four bids rejected for the winger. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); However, the 18-year-old’s hopes of leaving Stamford Bridge for Bayern Munich this summer window have been dashed by his ruptured Achilles. Bayern are still interested in Hudson-Odoi, but are looking at other targets as they continue plans to replace Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery. As such, with the player entering the last year of his contract in west London, Chelsea are prepared to offer him a new deal, and believe the player will commit his future to ...
Coman and Lewandowski come to blows during Bayern training ground bust-up

Coman and Lewandowski come to blows during Bayern training ground bust-up

Bundesliga
Bayern Munich forward Robert Lewandowski reportedly had a punch-up in training session with team-mate Kingsley Coman. The German club are preparing for another big game in the title run-in when they play Fortuna Dusseldorf this weekend. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); But their plans have been thrown into disarray after two of their players decided to have a scrap in front of their team-mates. German newspaper Bild claims that Lewandowski said something to Coman that made the France international angry. Both players then went head to head before punches were thrown and it is reported that both players were hit in the face. Powerful defenders Jerome Boateng and Niklas Sule tried to separate the two players, but such was the ferocity that they stru...
Lewandowski hits out at Kovac’s defensive tactics after Liverpool defeat

Lewandowski hits out at Kovac’s defensive tactics after Liverpool defeat

UEFA
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski has blamed head coach Niko Kovac's defensive set-up for their Champions League loss against Liverpool. The Bundesliga champions secured a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their knockout tie at Anfield, but their lack of an away goal left them vulnerable heading into Wednesday's game. Liverpool exploited that vulnerability to great effect, scoring an important away goal in the first half through Sadio Mane. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Though Bayern equalised to make it 1-1, they were still forced to go all out attack knowing that such a result would see Liverpool through on away goals. And the Reds would eventually secure their spot in the last eight through second-half goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mane, winn...
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