While clubs over in England are busying themselves in the transfer window, it’s safe to say Bayern Munich are doing the same over in Germany.
The Bundesliga giants have moved to bring in Vincent Kompany and he’s overseeing a rebuild of sorts after missing out on the title last season.
A number of top players are expected to leave Munich, with top stars like Joshua Kimmich, Leroy Sane and Leon Goretzka among the players who could leave.
Of course, those players going means new players arriving and that has seen Bayern linked with a host of stars who English clubs want.
One such player the Bavarian club are keen on is Arsenal-linked midfielder, Amadou Onana.
Onana is doing well in the Euros with Belgium and Everton are expected to sell.
And according to Christian Falk, Bayern know full well they can sign Onana if they hit a certain fee.
Amadou Onana can leave Everton for £52m
Writing in his latest briefing column for CaughtOffside, Falk has said that Bayern know Onana can leave Everton, albeit the fee is a hefty one.
“FC Bayern would still like to sign Joao Palhinha from Fulham. The third offer should still be the last. The club does not want to pay a total of more than €46m for the player,” Falk wrote.
“Because Fulham wants more money, FC Bayern recently looked at Hakan Calhanoglu from Inter Milan. But the Italians also didn’t want to let the player go for less than €50m. Calhanoglu would have loved to come to FC Bayern. Only when it became clear that the move was failing due to finances did he make it clear by post that he wanted to stay at Inter.
“Bayern is therefore continuing to look for alternatives if Palhinha doesn’t work out. Amadou Onana from Everton is now an issue again. The Munich team now knows that Onana can leave for £52m [€61.4m at the current exchange rate]. The sum is higher than Palhinha, but Onana is also younger at 22 years old. The money would therefore be invested for the longer term.”
News of the apparent fee for Onana builds on reports yesterday that suggested Onana was indeed ready to sign for Bayern if they could agree a deal.
The 22-year-old is doing well for Belgium in the Euros and has seen his stock rise further.
It seems, then, only a matter of time before he moves on. Whether it will finally be Arsenal, or Bayern do make good on their interest, remains to be seen.