Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United are the clubs picked by SportBild on Friday as doubts are cast over Leon Bailey’s future once again.
A whole bunch of Premier League clubs have been linked with the youngster in recent years, both before and since his move to Bayer Leverkusen, and it would be no surprise if Mauricio Pochettino, Jurgen Klopp and Jose Mourinho have some level of interest.
All three Premier League clubs are known to scout Europe’s most exciting talents, and Beiley isn’t exactly hidden in Germany.
Klopp’s Bundesliga connections and the German media loving a Liverpool transfer help push the Anfield route, Manchester United were linked before Mourinho even arrived and Bailey was still in Belgium, and Pochettino’s record of working with youngsters at Tottenham encourages such rumours around Europe.
It’s perhaps a surprise not to see Chelsea mentioned.
Anyway, the player’s father Craig Butler, also his agent, took to Instagram after Bayer Leverkusen’s 6-2 loss to Bayern Munich this week, and stated: ‘This is my son, they put him on the bench, they put him on at left back, they don’t pass to him, the opponent double teams him, they kick him down, what does he do? Get up and put the free kick in the back of the net, that’s what. We don’t know what it is to back down.’
SportBild take that as an ‘attack’ on Bayer Leverkusen, which brings them around to mention the interest of Tottenham, Liverpool and Manchester United, and suggest an ‘Escape to England’.
It’s explained Butler’s plan to move Bailey to a bigger club is ‘clear’.
