DBasia.news – Bayern Munich Executive Director, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said that until now no club has offered to bring in Spanish midfielder Thiago Alcantara.
In addition, Rummenigge also admitted, Thiago did intend to look for new challenges after seven seasons strengthening Die Bayern.
“Hasan Salihamidzic (Munich Sports Director) has held talks with Thiago. The conversation was positive, but Thiago said he wanted to find a new challenge at the end of his career. So far, no club has contacted us to recruit Thiago. However, we do not know whether he already has an agreement with another club,” Rummenige told Sport Bild as reported by the Mirror on Friday (24/7).
Rumors of the departure of the former Barcelona midfielder from Munich in the transfer market next summer began to emerge after Thiago was reluctant to extend his contract with Die Bayern. The Spanish national team midfielder’s contract with the Bavarian team has only one year left and ends in 2021.
Previously, as reported by Sports Bild, the 29-year-old midfielder was reportedly interested in moving to the English Premier League and strengthening Liverpool next season. In fact, Thiago is said to have expressed his desire to work with Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp to his colleagues in Munich.
On the other hand, Klopp also expressed his admiration for Thiago’s style of play. However, the German coach has not been able to ascertain whether his team will try to bring Thiago in the transfer market next summer. Moreover, the transfer price tag of Thiago is quite high, reaching 30 million euros.
As a result of the indirect impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the club’s finances, Liverpool reportedly will not recruit players with high transfer values in the transfer market next summer.
Not to mention the position playing Thiago. In midfield, the Reds first team is considered to have players who have the style and playing position like Thiago, namely Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita.