According to reports, Jamal Musiala has halted contract talks with Bayern Munich, and Liverpool is ready to pounce on the player who has been “on their list for a long time.”
The Reds and the 11-time German winners have a positive history together in recent years. A deal was negotiated to bring Thiago Alcantara to Anfield in 2020, while Sadio Mane moved in the reverse manner two years later. The latest transaction between the two teams happened on transfer deadline day when Ryan Gravenberch was released from his problems at the Allianz Arena.
Now that two more players are reportedly interested in moving to the Premier League, it has been speculated that Liverpool and Bayern chiefs will be busy at the negotiating table in the upcoming months.
Leroy Sane, previously of Manchester City renown, was the first. As a prospective replacement for Mohamed Salah, who might leave Liverpool to move to Saudi Arabia in 2024, the attacker was mentioned as perhaps being in line for a future club-record Liverpool offer.
This rumor was then given a little more fuel when it was said Sane wouldn’t decide on his next move until after the current season is over.
German website BILD has now reported that Musiala, another member of Munich’s team, is in the same situation. The study claims that Bayern is in a grave scenario.
There are reportedly two things that are contributing to the offensive midfielder’s misgivings about the team he signed for at the age of 16 and has since gone on to win 10 titles with. The first and easiest is the group’s performance; after seven Bundesliga games, Thomas Tuchel’s club sits behind Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart.
The promise of a starting berth, which hasn’t been offered thus far in 2023/24, comes in second. BILD describe how one week he put on a Man of the Match-caliber performance in the Champions League, defeating Copenhagen with a well-placed goal, only to be benched by his manager for the league match against Freiburg the following weekend.
The 2023 Golden Boy award nominee is reportedly “gnawing” on this circumstance, thus contract negotiations have been put on hold until Musiala and his representatives have a better understanding of the situation on both fronts.
Regarding Liverpool’s interest, the most recent assertion is said to come from Jurgen Klopp, who has had his eye on the German international for a while.