RB Leipzig boss Mintzlaff reacts to FC Bayern poker with Konrad Laimer
RB boss reacts to Laimer poker
RB Leipzig boss Oliver Mintzlaff has commented on FC Bayern’s interest in Konrad Laimer (25) during the test match against Liverpool (0-5). « I hope Bayern come up with other ideas than bringing in our best players every year, » he told Servus TV (as quoted via Leipziger Volkszeitung).
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Mintzlaff was referring last summer, when sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic used the then runner-up three times: Dayot Upamecano (23), Marcel Sabitzer (28) and coach Julian Nagelsmann came in a package of around 80 million euros. All of Munich’s transfer spending for the 2021/22 season thus went to Saxony. « Of course we aim not to give away our best players to Bayern every year – it happened last year, » Mintzlaff said.
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This time it should only be one with Laimer. Reportedly, the record-breaking champions have already agreed on the midfielder but an offer of €23m was too low for the Leipzig side even though Laimer’s contract expires in 2023. “It may also be that we keep it and enter a final year of the contract and sometimes we do not receive any fees” (quoted via “Bild”). It would be a first for RB, who are not known for letting such valuable players go for free. According to information from « Bild », we are ready to talk from 30 million euros. Negotiations would go through the consulting agency « ROOF », which recently organized the transfer of Sadio Mané (30) from Liverpool FC to Säbener Straße.
After Goretzka’s absence: FC Bayern need a central midfielder
At FC Bayern, after Leon Goretzka (27, knee surgery) was out for months, there is a need in central midfield and Laimer Nagelsmann knows what he is getting. He also knew it when Sabitzer was transferred, but the first season did not go as hoped for both teams. Laimer would be Leipzig’s fourth major arrival at Munich in a year – an unprecedented number among top clubs in Europe’s top leagues. « We are not specifically weakening anyone, » assured club boss Oliver Kahn before the first meeting with Leipzig in early September 2021.
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