Despite Premier League sides being among his admirers, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are emerging as more plausible destinations if Nico Williams leaves Athletic Club. Arsenal and Chelsea have somewhat cooled their pursuit, and that increases the chances of others in the frame stepping up their interest.

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It has been a tough summer transfer window for Bayern Munich until now. The German champions have lost out in the race for Florian Wirtz, who chose Liverpool over them. They have tried enquiring about PSG's Bradly Barcola and Athletic Club's Nico Williams, but reportedly, neither of them are heading to Bavaria this summer.

Former Bayern Munich and Germany great Lothar Matthäus thinks Harry Kane could be frustrated with the English national team and head coach Thomas Tuchel.

Gabriel Vidović has completed a permanent move from Bayern Munich to Dinamo Zagreb.The Croatian club have reportedly paid €1 million to sign the 21-year-old, who had one year remaining on his

Jamal Musiala scored a hat-trick upon his return, Thomas Müller his 250th goal in an official match, and super talent Lennart Karl got his first minutes in Bayern Munich's senior team. It was thus no wonder that board member for sport Max Eberl spoke of "many nice stories" after Sunday's 10-0 thrashing of New Zealand part-timers Auckland City in their Club World Cup opener.

Of course, Bayern Munich’s U-23s sees players under the age of 23 line up to develop their game and hopefully grow to be of the quality to play for Die Rekordmeister. However, a team full of young players will lack leadership and experience.

La Liga giants Barcelona are considered as the clear frontrunners to secure the signing of an in-demand attacking star this summer.That’s according to transfer journalist Florian Plettenberg, who