{"id":620591,"date":"2022-12-22T07:09:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=620591"},"modified":"2022-12-22T07:09:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T12:09:12","slug":"bayern-munich-josko-gvardiol-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/12\/22\/bayern-munich-josko-gvardiol-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich Exit Race for \u2018Extraordinary Talent\u2019 Wanted by Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1605850636255481862\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> has shared that Bayern Munich director Hasan Salihamid\u017ei\u0107 has stated in an interview with German newspaper Bild that the Bundesliga giants are not planning to raid RB Leipzig for Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20-year-old has been the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/12\/13\/world-cup-emerging-players-josko-gvardiol\/\" target=\"_self\">talk of the World Cup<\/a> as he helped his side to a third-place finish and impressed with some impressive performances. Labelled an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/bundesliga\/news\/who-is-rb-leipzig-centre-back-josko-gvardiol-croatia-zagreb-13018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">extraordinary talent<\/a>\u201d, Gvardiol has been linked with a number of Europe\u2019s top clubs with interest only growing stronger following his performances in Qatar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bayern Munich Bow Out of the Race for RB Leipzig\u2019s Josko Gvardiol<\/b><\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ro\" dir=\"ltr\">Bayern director Salihamid\u017ei\u0107 on Josko Gvardiol links: &quot;No signing of another centre-back is planned&quot;, tells Bild. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FCBayern?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#FCBayern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#39;re well-equipped at centre-back with de Ligt, Lucas Hern\u00e1ndez and Upamecano, three top players. We also have Josip Stani\u0161i\u0107&quot;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RGE927dklF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/RGE927dklF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1605850636255481862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>Race Heats Up for &#8216;Extraordinary Talent&#8217;<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gvardiol played every minute at the World Cup for Croatia and turned in some impressive performances as his side managed a third-place finish at the tournament. Although all of his minutes came at the centre-back spot, the left-footer is also capable of deputising at left-back where he has featured previously for both club and country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For RB Leipzig, the Croatia international has made 42 Bundesliga appearances at both left-back and centre-back and has impressed with his solid defensive play whilst also showing an ability to start attacks from the back line. Amongst fellow centre-backs in Europe\u2019s top-five leagues, Gvaradiol ranks in the 99th percentile for both Passes attempted and Dribbles completed, as well as in the 94th percentile for Progressive passes. Therefore, the versatile defender is a modern manager\u2019s dream as he can join attacks as well as carry out his defensive responsibilities to a high standard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strong performances at the World Cup and an emerging reputation within the Bundesliga have only helped increase the number of rumours around the 20-year-old\u2019s future. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/chelsea\/transfer-news\/report-chelsea-working-on-josko-gvardiol\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chelsea<\/a> have regularly been linked with the player, as have Premier League rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12040\/12769036\/manchester-city-willing-to-increase-their-offer-for-rb-leipzig-defender-josko-gvardiol-to-110million-paper-talk\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/soccer\/liverpool\/news\/report-liverpool-have-shown-greatest-interest-in-jo%C5%A1ko-gvardiol-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> just to name a few. However, it seems that Bayern have ruled themselves out of the running with Salihamid\u017ei\u0107&#8217;s comments, as the director stated that the club are \u201cwell equipped at centre-back\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/11\/21\/croatia-defender-josko-gvardiol-player-profile\/\" target=\"_self\">Croatia Defender Josko Gvardiol Is Part of the Next Generation<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Are Bayern Munich \u2018Well-Equipped\u2019 at Centre Back?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bundesliga Champions, who also find themselves in 1st-place after 15 games played in the 2022\/23 season, completed the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/19\/matthijs-de-ligt-joins-bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">Mathias de Ligt<\/a> in the summer and also have former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/14\/bayern-munich-confirm-dayot-upamecano-signing\/\" target=\"_self\">RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano<\/a> who joined in the summer of 2021. While Upamecano struggled to live up to lofty expectations at Bayern following his move, he has since become a key figure for the team and is also fresh from impressive performances with France at the World Cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bayern also have fellow France international Lucas Hernandez, who has been a regular fixture at both Centre-Back and Left-Back for the Bundesliga side. However, the 26-year-old has struggled with injuries this season, making only seven Bundesliga appearances. Therefore, with several high-quality options at the centre-back positions, many of which have not long arrived at the Allianz Arena, it\u2019s understandable why the Munich club have excluded themselves from the race for Gvardiol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"T2f-KS8nSvhxHg2TJ8Yumw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1245750869\" 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:'T2f-KS8nSvhxHg2TJ8Yumw',sig:'nJGxVohiogpG5lSrh7vZSNd5X9YWFlm8qIpiNPebWuA=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1245750869',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has shared that Bayern Munich director Hasan Salihamid\u017ei\u0107 has stated in an interview with German newspaper Bild that the Bundesliga giants are not planning to raid RB Leipzig for Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol.\u00a0 The 20-year-old has been the talk of the World Cup as he helped his side to a third-place finish and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":620592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1364,11,30],"tags":[6583],"class_list":["post-620591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-bayern-munich","category-chelsea","category-news","tag-josko-gvardiol"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}