According to a report from Defensa Central, there could be one less club participating in the sweepstakes for Bayern Munich center-back Dayot Upamecano.
Real Madrid will reportedly turn its full focus to Liverpool FC center-back Ibrahima Konaté rather than pursue Upamecano:
Despite Madrid’s name being associated with Upamecano, especially in Germany, the truth is that Real Madrid consider their option to sign him to be very remote and unviable . Firstly, because at Chamartín they believe the player
wants to renew with Bayern, but is interested in having big names associated with him so he can get more money, something that already happened with Davies. And secondly, because Real Madrid believes Konaté is the player who best suits what they are looking for and, therefore, is the favorite and the chosen one . In any case, nothing is finalized with him yet.
This doesn’t mean that Real Madrid doesn’t consider Upamecano a great player, but they don’t see him as having the same potential as Konaté.
That might seem like good news for Bayern Munich, but Konaté could easily sign a contract extension with Liverpool — which would open the market back up for Real Madrid to take a run at Upamecano. Many fans are hoping to see Bayern Munich extend Upoamecano’s contract, but a figure for a signing bonus is reportedly one of the obstacles in the way of getting a deal done.
Bayern Munich’s news cycle is off the charts even during this international break, That said, we have some intertwining news to discuss between club and country, plus some other interesting topics on the agenda. Check out what we have on the latest edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Weekend Warm-up Show:
- Is the only thing standing between a return to the German national team for Manuel Neuer, pride? Is it a longstanding beef with Julian Nagelsmann? Let’s discuss.
- Bayern Munich to play Bundesliga games outside of Germany? That does not seem like it would go over well.
- Some news odds and ends — FC Barcelona still owes Bayern Munich 20M for Robert Lewandowski. Daniel Peretz to terminate his loan with Hamburger SV? Bayern Munich confident with Michael Olise. Kingsley Coman blames Max Eberl for his exit.
- Reviewing HBO’s Task.
Also, be sure to stay tuned to Bavarian Podcast Works for all of your up to date coverage on Bayern Munich and Germany. Check us out on Patreon and follow us on Twitter @BavarianFBWorks, @BavarianPodcast @TheBarrelBlog, @BFWCyler, @2012nonexistent, @TommyAdams71 and more.
