Despite the announced exit of Jürgen Klopp this summer, Liverpool aren’t resting on their laurels, keeping many transfer plans in place.
One of those appears to be the potential acquisition of Jamal Musiala from Bayern Munich, bringing the player back to England if they can.
This is according to Sport Bild in Germany, who claim that Liverpool are one of three Premier League clubs who have the 21-year-old on their list.
The other two are his former club Chelsea and recent treble winners Manchester City, who join the Reds in the game of patiently waiting for an opening.
The German outlet explain Liverpool are ‘monitoring’ whether Bayern Munich can reach an agreement with Musiala over a new contract, with his current deal keeping him in Bavaria until 2026.
The recent renewal of Mathys Tel shows the Bundesliga giants are thinking about the future, and their next step would be to get their star to do the same.
As things stand, talks for a new contract between the player’s agents and Bayern are only planned ‘once the season ends’, and everyone is conscious the forward ‘would be interested in returning to his old homeland’.
That being said, Musiala can ‘still imagine a future in Munich’, and that’s why the Germans want to show him they can provide the platform to turn him into a world superstar like Jude Bellingham, but know they will also have to increase his wages.
He is currently on around €5m, with that increasing by €500k/year every time he makes 35 appearances per season, taking him to a maximum of €7-8m.
By comparison, those at the top of the salary ladder at Bayern are on somewhere between €20-24m/year.
Therefore, a lot of money would likely need to be spent from the German side’s end, which is where a club like Liverpool could come swooping in with a lot of money if they feel they have the financial upper hand.
Something to keep in mind.
