Transfer Radar: Bayern Munich have inquired about Chelsea’s Malo Gusto

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The start of the 2025/26 campaign for Bayern Munich is quickly creeping up on us and they are still navigating their way through the summer transfer window to try to make the necessary additions to the squad. They’re doing so in a manner where they have already sort of initiated contingency plans since they lost out to Liverpool in getting Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen. The search goes on for a proper, top-class winger and VfB Stuttgart are really playing hard ball in Bayern’s pursuit of striker

Nick Woltemade.

While most of Bayern’s focus is currently centered around Woltemade and winger options with the likes of Luis Diaz, Xavi Simons, Christopher Nkunku, and Rodrygo, they are also keeping their eyes and ears open for opportunities elsewhere on the pitch.

Per information from L’Equipe journalists Hugo Delom and Loïc Tanzi (via @iMiaSanMia), Bayern have made inquiries for Chelsea defender Malo Gusto, who just received a FIFA Club World Cup winner’s medal with the impressive 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in New Jersey. The report that Gusto could very well wind up leaving Chelsea this summer, but they would likely want something more than 30 million euros for him since his contract with The Blues runs through June 2030.

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Bayern’s continued interest in Nkunku could also see that there is some sort of joint-deal that is worked out to try to sign both the winger and Gusto, especially with the likelihood of Sacha Boey leaving Bayern and Jamal Musiala’s long injury spell on the sidelines. Vincent Kompany might need to use Josip Stanišić at left back until Alphonso Davies is back fit midway through this coming season, which, with Boey presumably on his way out, would leave a right back void bar the depth of Konrad Laimer. Laimer, however, has recently mentioned that he prefers to play more in midfield as opposed to right back.

All things considered, regardless of what winds up happening with Nkunku, Gusto could wind up being a viable option for Bayern should he definitely wind up leaving Chelsea this summer. For the German Rekordmeister, it is certainly something worth keeping tabs on in the coming weeks.

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