Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is targeting Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich.
The Sun says the Germany international is seen as a potential replacement for Ilkay Gundogan.
The City captain comes off contract at the end of next month.
And Guardiola is keen on Kimmich as a replacement, having worked with the midfielder when in charge of Bayern.
A swap involving Joao Cancelo, currently on-loan at Bayern, has been mooted.
With two games remaining to go in the Bundesliga, both Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are in the fight to finish.
Dortmund cut Bayern’s four points to just one after defeating Monchengladbach 5-2 in a thrilling Bundesliga encounter.
Bayern had initially brushed Schalke- 04 by 6-0 at the Allianz Arena.
A measured Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel said his side “made a step in the right direction — our buried self confidence is coming back” but said “there’s no reason for euphoria, we’ll be tested again on Saturday (against RB Leipzig).”
Veteran Bayern captain Thomas Mueller, given a starting berth after being named on the bench in his side’s last two matches, settled the home side’s nerves early, slotting in after 21 minutes, his first goal in eight matches.
Joshua Kimmich doubled Bayern’s lead shortly after, converting a penalty despite losing his footing after Jamal Musiala copped an arm in the box.
Bayern have dominated the Bundesliga for a decade and will be gunning for their 11th straight title but this time not with a big fight from Borrussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund scored four goals in a dazzling 32-minute first-half spell to ease past Borussia Moenchengladbach 5-2 on Saturday and stay in the title hunt with two matches left in the Bundesliga season.
The hosts shot out of the blocks and went in front after five minutes when Donyell Malen nodded in from close range after Sebastien Haller’s shot from the edge of the box got deflected.
Jude Bellingham slotted in a penalty in the 18th minute before Haller’s spectacular backheel flick made it 3-0 just two minutes later.
With Gladbach down for the count, Haller added another goal with a well-timed volley from Malen’s cutback in the 32nd.
Dortmund are on 67 points in second place, one behind leaders Bayern Munich, 6-0 winners over Schalke 04 earlier on Saturday. Dortmund travel to Augsburg next weekend while Bayern face Champions League hopefuls RB Leipzig.
Former Chelsea Midfielder John Mikel Obi, will be making a return to his former club when Bayern Munich legends take on Chelsea legends in a charity game in September.
The Blues team will be drawn from the squad that won the UEFA Champions League in 2012.
Recall that Chelsea won the champions league in 2012 after beating Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties at the Allianz Arena.
The encounter will give the players chance to meet and reminisce on the memories of that special night in Munich.
Tagged “Legends of Europe”, the game is put together in remembrance of Chelsea legend, Gianluca Vialli who passed away last year.
The Chelsea team will be coached by Roberto Di Matteo and captained by John Terry.
Mikel announced his retirement from active football in September 2022.
Bayern Munich chief Oliver Kahn has explained allowing Erling Haaland to join Premier League giant Manchester City last summer.
Haaland left Borussia Dortmund for City amid rival interest from Bayern.
Kahn recalled to BILD: “We tried everything for Erling Haaland and we pushed our limits.
“In the end we had to think: ‘Do we want to blow up the whole salary structure and in that way throw everything out of balance?’
“We weren’t prepared to do that. Bayern Munich is not like that.”
Premier League side Chelsea have opened talks with Bayern Munich for Sadio Mane.
It’s emerged after a difficult first season in Germany, both Bayern and former Liverpool striker Mane have agreed to part ways this summer.
Transfer expert Pedro Almeida is reporting a first round of talks have been held between Chelsea and Bayern.
The meeting was held on Sunday, May 7, in Munich.
It’s suggested Chelsea are favourites for Mane’s signing, while Newcastle United are also keen. The Senegal captain has a deal with Bayern to 2025.
Bayern Munich are considering letting Sadio Mane leave the club when the season concludes.
The Senegal winger has not enjoyed the spell at Bayern that he was hoping to experience when he signed last summer from Liverpool.
Mane has looked a shadow of his former self, with the 31-year-old failing to live up to his hype as the replacement for Robert Lewandowski.
After signing in a £35 million deal, Mane has not scored enough goals and has issues with his teammates.
Per Bild, a big enough offer would convince Bayern to part with Mane and rebuild their front line.
The source adds that Chelsea may be looking to bring him back to England.
Mauricio Pochettino has discussed signing Bayern Munich striker Sadio Mane with Chelsea chiefs.
Pochettino is expected to soon be confirmed new Chelsea manager.
And Football Insider says he has raised the prospect of bringing Mane back to England this summer.
Pochettino worked with the former Liverpool striker at Southampton and knows he is unsettled in Munich.
Bayern are willing to sell and would accept £30m to part with the Senegal international.
The 2022/2023UEFA champions League qualified teams have surfaced after yesterday’s round of matches ,
All the teams that will play in the Champions League semi-finals have been confirmed.
Manchester City booked their spot following a 1-1 draw at Bayern Munich. The Premier League champions won 3-0 at the Etihad.
Inter Milan also progressed with a 5-3 aggregate after drawing 3-3 with Benfica at the San Siro.
This means that Manchester City will face Real Madrid for the second consecutive year in the last four, while AC Milan will face neighbour Inter-Milan in the other semi-final.
This means that one Italian side will make it to the final of the UEFA Champions league for the first time in many years.
Former Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has revealed why Senegal and Bayern forward, Mane punched teammate Sane after last week’s first leg tie with Manchester City.
According to Wenger, a breakdown in “communication” and “trust” led to Sadio Mane punching Leroy Sane in a dressing room bust-up.
Mane hit his team-mate in the face after Bayern Munich’s 3-0 defeat to City in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Etihad last week.
The Senegal forward was then dropped for their 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga and fined more than £250,000.
“You have to create trust and communication inside the dressing room.
“Most of the time when you have this problem with two players, you take them into the office and you explain to them that ‘we cannot be successful if the players inside the team do not cooperate well together’,” Wenger said on beINSPORT.
Bayern Munich new manager Thomas Tuchel has noted that his side needs a miracle to upturn a 3-0 deficit to be able to grab a semi-final ticket in this year’s UCL.
The Bundesliga champions suffered a heavy defeat against City at the Etihad last week.
Tuchel admits they are underdogs going into the reverse fixture.
“We need a miracle. It would be a miracle actually,” Tuchel said.
He added: “It’s hard and it’s a huge mountain to climb. We need to believe. We believe in ourselves but we don’t want to be dreamers.
“Dreaming for me is close to sleeping and if we cannot do one thing, we cannot sleep for one second.”