After the official signing of Matthijs de Ligt (which is imminent), Bayern Munich will finish another big transfer deal this July. After the arrival of Liverpool’s star Sadio Mane, as well as Ajax players Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui, the Bavarians will bring their long time wish and complete their defense for the upcoming season. The Dutchman will replace the void created by Niklas Sule’s departure from Munich to Dortmund, and bring a much needed leadership in the back line. But such an investment (around 70 million euros) needs to be followed by departures, in order to bring some money back. And Bayern has a lot of candidates for sale.Update #FCBayern transfers: Sabitzer, Chris Richards, Zirkzee and Sarr are candidates for sale. The club hopes for incomes between €40-50m. Next to them one more central defender is said to leave after the transfer of #DeLigt. Pavard and Nianzou are options. @SkySportDE— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) July 18, 2022 Let start from the back line. De Ligt’s arrival means one or two players will be sold, and one of them is Bouna Sarr. The Senegalese right back already knows that Mazraoui’s arrival means he will leave, and let’s face it, he didn’t play much even when the Moroccan was still in Ajax. But the problem are wages, which are too big for most clubs and the Bavarians are having problems selling the player. The other, more realistic option is Chris Richards. The American just came back from Hoffenheim where he was on loan and it seems that he verbally agreed with Crystal Palace to make a move to the Premier League, but the clubs are yet to agree on fees. Tanguy Nianzou is also a player who could be sold easier than Sarr. The former PSG defender left Paris as a free agent in 2020 and signed for Bayern and saw some limited playing time since, and with the arrival of De Ligt, it will be much tougher for the 20 year old to play. If he decides not to wait any longer, Nice, Rennes and RB Leipzig are interested. And if there would be any suitors for Benjamin Pavard, Bayern would listen, but with his price tag and wages, it will hardly happen. Juventus crack under Bavarian pressure – De Ligt is headed to MunichWithout Robert Lewandowski, the Bavarians have only two ‘classic’ strikers: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Joshua Zirkzee. Certainly not enough, even with Mane, Muller and Gnabry on board, but Bayern will still sell Zirkzee if possible. The young Dutchman wants a decision in one or two weeks and his country’s giants Ajax and PSV are already interested. His salary value is more than 2.5 million euros per year while Bayern expects around 10 to 15 million fee for the player. And the last in line is a Leipzig flop Marcel Sabitzer who is available after only one year (signed in 2021), but will hardly find a club prepared to give a big fee and wage to the Austrian. All in all, the Bavarians are expecting around 40 to 50 million from these sales. Will it happen is another matter. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6513718##
