Bayern Munich chief speaks out over Matthijs de Ligt pursuit

Bayern Munich chief Oliver Kahn has, on Saturday, offered an perception into the membership’s ongoing pursuit of Juventus star Matthijs de Ligt.

Latest weeks, in fact, have seen Dutch worldwide de Ligt hotly tipped to take his skills to Bavaria.

Having evidently come to the conclusion that the guts of the membership’s backline is in pressing want of reinforcement on the again of the departure of Niklas Sule, Juve’s defensive stalwart has been recognized as a precedence goal on the a part of the powers that be at Bayern.

Not solely that, however de Ligt himself is simply too understood to have made clear his intention to seal a transfer to the Allianz Area this summer season.

Matthijs de Ligt in motion through the Serie A 2021/2022 soccer match between Juventus FC and Cagliari Calcio at Juventus stadium in Torino (Italy), December twenty first, 2021. Picture Federico Tardito/Insidefoto Credit score: insidefoto srl/Alamy Reside Information

And but, so far, a deal stays a way off completion.

This comes with the switch crew in Turin having refused to budge of their calls for of a charge within the area of €100 million to half methods with de Ligt.

Chatting with the media on Saturday, it due to this fact got here as little shock when the topic of the membership’s efforts to safe an settlement for the Dutch worldwide was put to Bayern Munich director Oliver Kahn.

And, if the German icon’s ensuing feedback are something to go by, then it will seem as if confidence is excessive within the Bavarians’ camp.

This comes with Kahn, after reiterating that de Ligt ‘needs to come back to Bayern’, having revealed his take that, in the long run, ‘the switch will occur’:

Replace #DeLigt: We‘ve reported it completely. Right here is the verbal affirmation from Kahn @BR24sport: „We’ve got had talks. The participant needs to come back to FC Bayern. We’ll have extra talks after which we’ll see the way it goes.” It appears to be like good! I feel that switch will occur! @SkySportDE ??

— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) July 16, 2022

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Ben Browning.