{"id":598092,"date":"2021-08-04T07:09:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=598092"},"modified":"2021-08-04T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:09:17","slug":"marcel-sabitzer-bayern-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/04\/marcel-sabitzer-bayern-munich\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks Between Bayern Munich and RB Leipzig for Marcel Sabitzer Heating Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christian Falk reports that Bayern Munich talks for Marcel Sabitzer are; \u2018hot.\u2019 Bayern are looking to bring in quality to the midfield this summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">True \u2705 the negotiations between Bayern and Leipzig because of Marcel Sabitzer are hot \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BILD_Bayern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BILD_Bayern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Falk (@cfbayern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1422817534458449921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Talks for Marcel Sabitzer Heating Up<\/h2>\n<h3>Bayern Munich in Pursuit of Marcel Sabitzer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportbild.bild.de\/bundesliga\/vereine\/bayern-muenchen\/meine-meinung-der-fc-bayern-kaempft-mit-vielen-problemen-77273012.sport.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sport Bild\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0have reported that Bayern are stepping up their interest in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/03\/udinese-lazar-samardzic\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Leipzig<\/a> midfielder Sabitzer as they look to strengthen their midfield, which has struggled during four poor pre-season performances with the club failing to land one victory.<\/p>\n<p>Marc Roca is out injured and will miss the start of the new Bundesliga season and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/07\/19\/bayern-munich-corentin-tolisso\/\" target=\"_self\">Corentin Tolisso<\/a> could be leaving the club, meaning Bayern boss Oliver Khan is left with a diminishing midfield that needs to be bolstered urgently.<\/p>\n<h3>Failure to Replace Thiago Alcantara<\/h3>\n<p>Bayern failed to replace Thiago who joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/03\/fabinho-signs-new-liverpool-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> in 2020, and it is felt that the squad has lacked any sort of quality in midfield ever since.<\/p>\n<p>Sabitzer is reportedly worth around \u20ac50 million, but, with only one year left on his contract, Bayern could be able to prize the player away from Leipzig for as little as \u20ac18 million, which would be an absolute steal for a player of his quality and, at 27, he is still entering his prime years with much more expected to come from the Austrian.<\/p>\n<h3>The Julian Nagelsmann Connection<\/h3>\n<p>New Bayern boss Nagelsmann had Sabitzer as captain at Leipzig and is keen to be <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/04\/27\/nagelsmann-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">reunited<\/a> with the versatile midfielder who was part of the team that finished second in the 2020\/21 Bundesliga season.<\/p>\n<p>Able to change games, Sabitzer could well be the player to unlock teams and help Bayern to success with his ability to score powerful goals, direct the midfield and take charge of matches. He delivers quality from set pieces and would make Bayern under Nagelsmann a team that would be extremely hard to beat.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"0AmKo5lSQ4hgTGBe62hr6w\" 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\/1325634020\" 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:'0AmKo5lSQ4hgTGBe62hr6w',sig:'ElIHkrwlKZYsMSKTFWxp2YIXdbXpxz4MUyRTicX9l7E=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1325634020',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>Christian Falk reports that Bayern Munich talks for Marcel Sabitzer are; \u2018hot.\u2019 Bayern are looking to bring in quality to the midfield this summer. 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