{"id":561665,"date":"2020-08-12T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=561665"},"modified":"2020-08-12T07:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T11:44:12","slug":"bayern-munich-willing-to-work-thiago-alcantara-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/12\/bayern-munich-willing-to-work-thiago-alcantara-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Alcantara to Leave Bayern Munich as Club Willing to Work on Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/bundesliga\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayern Munich<\/a> chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-get-thiago-boost-as-bayern-willing-to-sell-for-a\/11s9ikiufw6tm1ex11zz4zaqin\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">admitted<\/a> that he would be willing to work with clubs over the transfer of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/77e84962\/Thiago-Alcantara?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thiago Alcantara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, who has one year left on his contract, has told the club that he wants to leave this Summer.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1293167384363249664\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Falk<\/a>, Bayern want \u20ac30 million for the Spanish international.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The idea of Bayern of a fair fee for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thiago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Thiago<\/a> is 30 Mio Euros <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKPuYpblPu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/IKPuYpblPu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Falk (@cfbayern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1293167384363249664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Thiago Alcantara to Leave Bayern Munich as Club Willing to Work on Transfer<\/h2>\n<h3>Bayern&#8217;s Approach<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to German publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/sport\/startseite\/sport\/sport-home-15479124.bild.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bild<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-get-thiago-boost-as-bayern-willing-to-sell-for-a\/11s9ikiufw6tm1ex11zz4zaqin\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">goal<\/a>), Rummenigge said: &#8220;Regarding Thiago, it&#8217;s known that he told us he wanted to do something new.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a club approaches us that is willing to pay a fair transfer fee, we will work on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Interest From Liverpool for Thiago Alcantara<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> have been rumoured to be interested in the midfielder for a number of weeks, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chris78Williams\/status\/1283876077715300353\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bild<\/a> even reporting in July that personal terms had been agreed.<\/p>\n<p>He would be a big signing for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League<\/a> champions and would certainly improve an already world-class midfield.<\/p>\n<p>If an agreement with the German champions can be put into place, it would be Liverpool&#8217;s second signing of the window after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/10\/liverpool-confirm-kostas-tsimikas-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bringing<\/a> in Greek international left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/f315ca93\/Kostas-Tsimikas?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kostas Tsimikas<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<h3>Hansi Flick Fuelling Rumours About Transfer<\/h3>\n<p>Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick has spoken to the German media about these rumours over the last week.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/bayern-munich-manager-hints-thiago-22483412?_ga=2.24480563.882779306.1596723047-1645451826.1540562320\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sport1 (Via The Mirror)<\/a> Flick said: &#8220;I can understand when a player is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thiago played in Spain for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/la-liga\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FC Barcelona<\/a> and in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bundesliga<\/a> for FC Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If he wants to try again in the Premier League now, I totally understand. But it would be a shame because Thiago gives our game that certain something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He has also suggested to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1293432023835697153\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bild<\/a>, that the Spanish midfielder should move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Now he wants the new challenge, in my opinion, it should be the Premier League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Story in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPORTBILD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SPORTBILD<\/a>. We talked with Hansi Flick, Manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBayern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FCBayern<\/a>, about the Future of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thiago6?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Thiago6<\/a>. Flick said: \u201eNow he wants the new challenge, in my opinion it should be the Premier League\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/altobelli13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@altobelli13<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Falk (@cfbayern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1293432023835697153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"-Cmdhbn3T69XI39QLnqRDg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1257800170\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'-Cmdhbn3T69XI39QLnqRDg',sig:'HaNucYo7yxZh9tFnqeIt3PStC26p99-js3jd3Ury2xo=',w:'594px',h:'429px',items:'1257800170',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has admitted that he would be willing to work with clubs over the transfer of Thiago Alcantara. The Spaniard, who has one year left on his contract, has told the club that he wants to leave this Summer. According to Christian Falk, Bayern want \u20ac30 million for the Spanish international. 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