Fabrizio Romano says Thomas Muller’s future at Bayern Munich has not been decided yet despite him edging closer and closer to the end of his contract at the Allianz Arena.

Writing in the latest edition of his exclusive Daily Briefing column, Romano provided some insight into the situation regarding Muller, which could take some time to be fully resolved.

The experienced German forward has had a superb career at Bayern, and one imagines he could still have a role to play for the club, even if he’s no longer at his peak and other players could start ahead of him more regularly now.

Romano has suggested it will be up to Muller to decide if he wants to renew with the Bavarian giants, and that for now his focus is only on what’s happening on the pitch, so fans will have to wait a bit longer for more clarity on this situation.

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“Bayern will let Muller decide his future as he approaches the end of his contract. They’re not in a rush, it depends on the player’s plan,” Romano said.

“Thomas wants to focus on the pitch now, no decision has been made and usually this kind of decisions are always made when we’re close to the end of the season, not now.”

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Bayern Munich could reportedly be joined by Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund in the race to seal the transfer of Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah.

The Blues are not using Chalobah much in their first-team, despite him previously showing some promise with the club after rising up through their academy.

Chalobah still has big-name suitors, though, with Sport Witness citing reports from Sky Germany and Bild that claim both Bayern and Dortmund are interested in the 24-year-old.

Chelsea will surely cash in on Chalobah if the offer is right, as it’s hard to imagine him working his way back into Mauricio Pochettino’s plans any time soon as there’s so much competition in this squad.

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Chalobah’s progress if he does move will be interesting to keep an eye on, as he certainly has it in him to have a good career at the top level, even if it’s not in the Premier League.

Chelsea fans may be disappointed if he does leave, however, after the improvement of players like Fikayo Tomori since being sold by the west London club.

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Bayer Leverkusen wonderkid Florian Wirtz looks like one to watch on the market for 2024, according to transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano in the latest edition of his exclusive column for the Daily Briefing.

Wirtz is an exciting talent who will surely have a great career at the highest level, and it remains to be seen how much longer Leverkusen can keep hold of him, with Romano admitting that top clubs from the Premier League and elsewhere are keeping an eye on him.

Nothing is happening with Wirtz at the moment, but Romano says the 20-year-old could be set for a big move in the summer, after Euro 2024.

“Florian Wirtz is showing himself to be a top player at Bayer Leverkusen – one of the most exciting young talents in Europe, for sure, and Bayern Munich director Christoph Freund has already been asked about him,” Romano said.

“For now, Bayern are playing down the links as they have a lot of top players in a similar position, but from what I’m hearing there were a lot of big clubs looking at Wirtz in the summer. Nothing happened because Leverkusen considered him untouchable, but after Euro 2024 it could be possible for him to move.

“For now there is nothing concrete and it’s not guaranteed yet, because it will depend on the proposals and on the player’s decision, but many top clubs from Germany, England and Spain could be in the race. They are keeping an eye on him, and his form looks better than ever, so it’s not surprising that he could be one of the big names to watch on the market in 2024.”

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It seems no particular club is leading the race for Wirtz’s signature at the moment, but this is surely going to be a saga worth following closely, as we could soon see clubs start work on trying to get into pole position for the Germany international.

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Harry Kane may have just scored one of the goal of the season for Bayern Munich.

The German giants have ran riot ever since Kane opened the scoring in the 51st minute against Darmstadt.

They have gone on to score 7 goals in 30 minutes with Kane picking up a brace and an assist so far.

But it was Kane’s second which has been the best of the bunch. Following a Darmstadt attack, Bayern cleared the ball, and with the opposition’s goalkeeper far from his goal, Kane took a shot from just inside his own half, catching the keeper by surprise.

A stunning strike, indeed. Watch the goal below:

HARRY KANE FROM HIS OWN HALF ARE YOU SERIOUS ?

ABSOLUTELY WORLD CLASS ?

HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE MATCH! pic.twitter.com/yDej9XhUFd

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 28, 2023

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Former Spurs striker Harry Kane continued his insane goal scoring form for Bayern Munich against Darmstadt.

Bayern were down to 10 men after Joshua Kimmich picked up a straight red in the 4th minute of the game.

But Kane broke the deadlock early in the second half with a diving header past the keeper. Musiala does brilliant to skip past a couple of defenders before feeding Mazraoui who puts in a cross inside the 6 yard box.

And who else to come meet it but Kane who went diving in to head past the keeper.

Watch the goal below:

??| GOAL: Harry Kane opens the scoring for Bayern.

Bayern Munich 1-0 Darmstadt

pic.twitter.com/P3S2zhYlKV

— CentreGoals. (@centregoals) October 28, 2023

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The spectre of a European Super League raised its ugly head again earlier in the week with news that a judgment would be made on it during December.

No one other than those making the judgment can know which way it’s going to land, but it’s safe to say that former pro and now pundit, Stan Collymore, isn’t a fan.

‘No, I don’t think a European Super League is the way forward. UEFA particularly have bent over backwards, with concessions, more games, more money. If you have a European Super League what’s it going to be predicated on?’ he wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside column.

‘It’s gonna be very, very difficult for clubs such as Villa and Forest, who have won European Cups in the past, Celtic too, to get into if it’s invite only. That will have a massive impact.

‘I could certainly see an example of clubs already owned by oil states or oligarchs or hedge funds, that are now spending €400m on players and are mopping up their domestic league, will just give a cursory nod to the league that they come from whilst going on and playing in the Super League.

‘Any attempt to start to be able to get momentum, however, should see supporters put their clubs under the greatest pressure to say their clubs must not, under any circumstances, enter a European Super League.

‘I think that particularly with the English clubs, if they were to say no again, we will never join the ESL because the whole idea would be dead in the water. There would be no European Super League that would be worthy of the name.’

Supporters came out in force back in 2021 when it was announced that there had been an agreement for the Super League to come into force.

The protests were almost immediate and forced the clubs that had made the agreement to drop out one by one and even go so far to apologise to their supporters.

Only Barcelona and Real Madrid are left from the original 12 clubs and their fate in the project rests in the judges hands.

Even if the ESL isn’t a going concern post-judgement, Collymore believes we’ll see a derivative of it because of the money that is now in the game.

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‘Saudi Arabia, big American banks… the groundwork has already been laid in some respects. The pre-season International Champions Cup in America is their attempt at giving English and European clubs an insight into what potentially is possible,’ he added.

‘Come to America and play in front of 100,000 at the University of Michigan and we can make you richer than than you ever imagined. I could see a situation whereby the Saudis and the Americans, maybe even countries like India or China may want a little foothold.

‘Several entities will be needed to make it possible but just imagine if Manchester United are offered a billion pounds a season to play in any competition. The odds are that their owners are going to go absolutely yes because they then wouldn’t have to worry about whatever money comes into their club.

‘It’s a very persuasive argument.’

Essentially any organisation that has the money could effectively dangle clubs on a string and send them to all corners of the earth in the name of profit.

That’s a worst-case solution for many, who prefer the old traditions of the game which seem all but left in the past now.

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Pep Guardiola believes Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala is the rightful heir to Kevin De Bruyne’s throne.

That’s according to German journalist Maximilian Koch, who claims the Spanish tactician is confident Musiala, 20, will become the sport’s best number 10 within the next couple of seasons.

The 20-year-old hasn’t enjoyed as much playing time this season as he would have hoped, especially considering how integral he was in Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga-winning campaign last time out.

The playmaker’s current contract is set to expire in less than three years’ time, and failure to negotiate an extension will see his long-term future cast into further doubt.

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As for Manchester City’s emerging links to Bayern’s talented number 42, as unfortunate as it is to acknowledge the decline of one of the Premier League’s all-time greats, De Bruyne’s persistent problems with injuries cannot be ignored.

The Belgian picked up another hamstring injury at the start of the 2023-24 season and is not expected to feature again until at least the new year, and recent reports, including this one from Football Insider, have claimed Manchester City are undecided over whether or not to offer the 32-year-old midfielder a new contract beyond 2025 for this very reason.

During his eight years at the Etihad, De Bruyne, who has lifted 16 major trophies with the club, has directly contributed to 249 goals in 358 games in all competitions, so should Musiala end up replacing a player who is arguably the club’s greatest of all time, it goes without saying the German will have some big boots to fill.

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There remains a lot of speculation surrounding where Napoli’s Victor Osimhen might end up next should he decide to leave the Partnopei.

The 24-year-old has yet to sign a contract extension with the Serie A champions and, whilst that’s not out of the question, it has led to suggestions he could soon be on the move.

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Speaking to the Calcio Napoli 24 crew on their Twitch channel, he was asked, hypothetically, about a switch.

Without giving anything else away he noted that he’d prefer a move to MLS over the Saudi Pro League, if the terms were the same.

Pictures from Calcio Napoli 24

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If things had worked out differently, Bayern Munich would’ve made another signing from the Premier League during the summer window.

As it turned out only Harry Kane arrived from English shores, and what an impact the England captain has made so far.

The former Tottenham Hotspur talisman has 11 goals in 11 games for the Bavarians in all competitions so far according to WhoScored.

At one stage it appeared that Fulham’s Joao Palhinha would be Bundesliga bound, and despite it believed that the player had even posed for photos in a Bayern shirt, the deal wasn’t able to be concluded in time.

Now, as SportBILD note, the entire transfer could be in jeopardy, with Bayern seemingly worried about the combative midfielder’s knee problem.

The outlet do hint at other concerns which has made the hierarchy at the Bavarian club think twice about concluding the deal in the upcoming January transfer window.

Not only will that be a huge blow to the player, who was perhaps looking forward to strutting his stuff in the Champions League and possibly winning the title, but financially for Fulham it’ll be a bitter pill to swallow.

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Whatever the party line in public, the Cottagers would arguably benefit from having €65m/£55m (per SportBILD) deposited into club coffers.

Nothing is set in stone as yet and the move could still happen, however, it’s clear that Bayern are being much more cautious now.

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At 32 years of age and injury prone, Kevin De Bruyne’s future at Man City isn’t as secure as it once was.

The elegant Belgian, so often the fulcrum of everything that Pep Guardiola wants to achieve, has been missing since injuring his hamstring in the opening game of the season against Burnley on August 11.

In the two and a half months since then, it’s clear that City have missed his creativity and energy at times, however, they are sat nicely in second place in the Premier League just two points behind leaders, Tottenham Hotspur, and also have a 100 percent record in the Champions League.

It could be argued that Guardiola’s swashbucklers are doing just fine without De Bruyne, and that, perhaps, they’ll let his contract run its course now – something unthinkable a few months ago.

That could also be because City have found their perfect replacement for him.

According to Sport, the current treble winners are targeting Bayern Munich’s brilliant Jamal Musiala.

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Whilst the Bavarians are likely to put up a huge fight to keep the player, he is still, apparently, showing no sign of wanting to sign a new deal with the club.

The outlet note that contract conversations have been ongoing since April, but that the player isn’t convinced by his future role with Bayern.

At present, his contract runs until 2026, however, if there remains no breakthrough in talks, Musiala is likely to be moved on in the next 12-18 months.

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