German director of football Max Eberl is honoured that Liverpool are showing ‘renewed interest’ in him but has given ‘clear priority’ to a move to Bayern Munich.
That’s according to BILD, who say Eberl remains determined to end up at the Allianz Arena and not anywhere else.
The newspaper explains that there is still confusion over whether Eberl will join Bayern Munich, who have long been linked with a move for him.
It seemed almost inevitable that he would end up in charge in Bavaria at some point, particularly after he left RB Leipzig in September, but those in charge of the German giants are yet to move for him.
While the likes of Uli Hoeneß, Herbert Hainer and Michael Diederich all support the idea, CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen is yet to sign off on Eberl and would in fact prefer to give responsibility to Christoph Freund.
In the meantime, Liverpool have emerged as potential rivals for Eberl’s signature, with a report earlier this month indicating they were suddenly showing an interest. That was followed by another claim that a Liverpool offer could not be ruled out as they had already shown interest in Eberl in the past.
BILD now follow that up and say the ‘renewed interest’ from the Reds is ‘said to honour Eberl’ but Bayern would have ‘clear priority’ for him if they were to make a concrete offer.
He’s ready to take up the position ‘promptly’ if required and also, seemingly happy to hold the Reds at arm’s length for the time being.
This is the latest report in Germany that seems to indicate Liverpool are serious about him, though, which means we’ll have to keep an eye on his name, at least as long as Bayen don’t move for him.
