With Matthijs de Ligt, FC Bayern seems to have found a new central defense player. While the Munich side have already agreed on a change in the summer with the 22-year-old, a tough transfer deal with Juventus Turin is in the offing. According to current media reports, FCB already has a plan B ready should the de Ligt transfer fail.
According to reports, Juve is asking for a fee of between 80-100 million euros for De Ligt. Whether Bayern want to spend so much money on the Dutchman is open. According to “Sky”, the (current) pain threshold is 60 million euros. If you should part with one or the other player in the summer, you would have a little more leeway.
The problem: With Chelsea, another top club is courting de Ligt. The Blues are desperately looking for a new central defender and financially more powerful than the Munich team.
Will Bayern grab another Frenchman?
As reported by the Spanish “SPORT”., the Bayern bosses already have a plan B ready if you go empty-handed at de Ligt. According to this, Jules Kounde from FC Sevilla is also a candidate on Säbener Straße.
The 23-year-old would like to leave Sevilla in the summer. According to “SPORT”, the Andalusian would be willing to talk from a sum of 60-65 million euros. What is curious is that Chelsea are also said to be very interested in Kounde. Thus, the “loser” in de Ligt poker might come to Kounde.
After Dayot Upamecano, Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Pavard and Tanguy Nianzou, Kounde would be the fifth French central defender at Bayern Munich.
