Bayern Munich provide Jamal Musiala update after Joshua Zirkzee transfer approach for Manchester United

Bayern Munich sporting manager Christoph Freund says discussions are successful spot to widen Jamal Musiala’s declaration successful bid for the guardant to ‘help signifier an era’ astatine the club.

Musiala, 21, is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the finest young players successful European shot aft winning 4 Bundesliga titles astatine the Allianz Arena since his breakthrough successful 2020.

The Germany planetary has doubly been named successful the Bundesliga Team of the Season and finished arsenic the joint-top goalscorer astatine Euro 2024 on with Cody Gakpo, Harry Kane, Georges Mikautadze and Dani Olmo.

Musiala’s existent declaration with Bayern runs done to 2026 and teams from astir Europe person been keeping adjacent tabs connected the situation, with the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain each linked.

Manchester United person besides been credited with a beardown involvement and Musiala fuelled these rumours arsenic helium revealed that Joshua Zirkzee had been trying to lure him to Old Trafford implicit the summer.

‘You ever gag astir with friends and imagination of playing unneurotic successful a squad 1 day,’ Musiala told German publication Welt americium Sonntag.

‘The jokes spell some ways. I besides told Josh that helium should travel backmost to Bayern. But you shouldn’t instrumentality that excessively seriously.’

However, Bayern are relaxed astir the concern and negotiations person been successful spot for immoderate clip with a presumption to securing the youngster connected a bumper caller deal.

‘There are ever talks. We privation to widen his contract,’ Bayern main Freund said.

‘We privation Jamal to enactment with america semipermanent and assistance signifier an era.

‘Hopefully the talks volition person a affirmative end! But there’s nary clip pressure.’

Bayern manager Vincent Kompany, meanwhile, is ‘delighted’ to person Musiala astatine his disposal and backed the attacker to go 1 of the top players connected the satellite astatine a property league this morning.

‘Jamal should conscionable transportation connected successful the aforesaid mode and not alteration anything. We’re delighted to person him,’ the Belgian told reporters up of Bayern’s travel to Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga.

‘He tin go 1 of the 3 oregon 4 champion players successful the world.’

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