Bayern Munich’s transfer activity so far this summer has been nothing shy of busy as the club has already landed both Hiroki Ito and (unofficially) Michael Olise. There is still plenty of time left in the summer window while international football continues on for the next month or so, so a lot could yet happen. Bayern have been linked with a handful of different players, and sporting director Christoph Freund had said it as probably going to be a busy summer.
The club is still actively working on trying to sign Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen, but getting the center back is proving a bit more tricky than Bayern might’ve anticipated. There are still gaps in the two clubs’ valuation of the German international, which has created some roadblocks in getting the transfer to materialize, even though it is not likely anything would have been finalized before the end of the EUROs. As it stands, Bayern’s initial bid for Tah was less than €20 million, but Die Werkself do not want to let him go for anything less than €40 million. The two sides have a lot of negotiating left to reach a fee that pleases all parties involved.
Now, per information from kicker (via @iMiaSanMia), it is coming out that there might be some trepidation amongst Bayern’s senior officials in bringing in Tah to the club. The current gap in valuation for the defender between Bayern and Leverkusen certainly is not helping in that regard, but Leverkusen could be very well aware that Bayern could theoretically lose both Matthijs de Ligt and Dayot Upamecano this summer.
As per the club’s current policy, board member for sport Max Eberl and Freund have to get approval from Bayern’s supervisory board for any transfers that would exceed a fee of €50m as a total and complete package, so Tah is relatively close to that range. The policy compounded with some hesitation from Bayern’s senior officials will make things a bit more difficult for Eberl and Freund to strike a deal with Leverkusen, though all bets are not off of the table just yet.
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