Manchester United was seriously mentioned as an option, since Paul Pogba is probably leaving the club in June, but when Bayern got into the story – the lights of Old Trafford no longer looked so tempting. Because objectively, if you want trophies – Munich is the perfect choice, and it seems that Ajax’s Ryan Gravenberch has already chosen it.#FCBayern director Hasan #Salihamidzic was in #Amsterdam to keep an eye on Ryan #Gravenberch. #Bayern want him, but the plan is to not spend more than €25m. 🔴🇳🇱 #transfers#Ajax have not received any official proposal from Bayern. Race is understood to be ‘still open’. pic.twitter.com/0pKrPAK1uL— Off_Side (@Off_side24) March 18, 2022 „De Telegraph“ from Netherlands writes that Bayern surprised the management of the Amsterdam club by sending it a competitive offer of 25,000,000 euros for a 19-year-old midfielder whose contract with the Dutch giant expires in the summer of 2023. All attempts by Ajax’s leadership to persuade him to extend his stay in Netherlands have failed. That is why the end of the season is the last chance to make serious money on Gravenberch. But, what the Bavarians have offered does not quite satisfy Ajax’s appetites. The first reason is that those 25 million will come through a number of bonuses, as the Bavarians are actually only offering 15 million in straight cash, and the other reason is club’s value of the player: 35 million.How do you keep players focused when the best of them could soon be gone?United could, of course, surpass Bayern’s offer, but allegedly the footballer himself wants to go to Munich. He doesn’t hide that sometimes, when he plays football on his Sony PlayStation, he chooses Bayern. Above all, he likes the development plan prepared by the Germans. In Munich, they see Gravenberch as a replacement for Corentin Tolisso, whose contract expires in the summer, and who has an injury record. However, he will not be guaranteed a starter position, because there are other players there, from Joshua Kimmich through Leon Goretzka and Jamal Musiala, all the way to Marcel Sabitzer (provided that the Austrian stays at the club). The delegation consisted of CEO Oliver Kahn, Hasan Salihamidzic and Marco Neppe visited Amsterdam on the night when they lost in the Champions League to Benfica and started the negotiations. But, there is a long way to go…
