{"id":33312,"date":"2025-12-16T11:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/report-bayern-munich-intensifies-interest-in-signing-26-year-old-from-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:04:46","slug":"report-bayern-munich-intensifies-interest-in-signing-26-year-old-from-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/report-bayern-munich-intensifies-interest-in-signing-26-year-old-from-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bayern Munich intensifies interest in signing 26-year-old from Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/report-bayern-munich-intensifies-interest-in-signing-26-year-old-from-liverpool\/#Bayern_Munich_intensifies_pursuit_of_Schlotterbeck\" >Bayern Munich intensifies pursuit of Schlotterbeck<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/report-bayern-munich-intensifies-interest-in-signing-26-year-old-from-liverpool\/#Liverpool_and_Barcelona_are_also_interested\" >Liverpool and Barcelona are also interested.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bayern Munich are reportedly preparing to accelerate their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck, with the 26-year-old emerging as a top candidate to add to their defence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Bild, Bayern see Schlotterbeck as a strategic replacement for Dayot Upamecano, but Upamecano&#8217;s contract situation remains unresolved with strong interest from Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n<p>The situation surrounding Upamecano is causing growing concern within Bayern&#8217;s hierarchy.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations over a contract extension have stalled in recent months, with reports claiming the French defender&#8217;s wage demands have yet to be met.<\/p>\n<p>Both Real Madrid and PSG are thought to have made unofficial approaches, suggesting a move could be made if the player becomes available in the summer.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bayern_Munich_intensifies_pursuit_of_Schlotterbeck\"><\/span>Bayern Munich intensifies pursuit of Schlotterbeck<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Given this uncertainty, Bayern have begun to consider defensive reinforcements, with Schlotterbeck currently at the top of their list of candidates.<\/p>\n<p>If Bayern officially shows interest, Dortmund could face a difficult decision. Bayern are said to be willing to offer around 50 million euros, a sum that may be difficult for BVB to turn down given their financial limitations compared to their title rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern have a long history of signing key players from Dortmund, including Mats Hummels, Mario G\u00f6tze and Robert Lewandowski, and Schlotterbeck could be added to that list.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpool_and_Barcelona_are_also_interested\"><\/span>Liverpool and Barcelona are also interested.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nico Schlotterbeck plays for Borussia Dortmund (Photo by Christof Koepsel\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bayern are not the only team to praise Schlotterbeck. Liverpool and Barcelona have been closely monitoring his development over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s scout team has praised Schlotterbeck&#8217;s ball-playing abilities and sees him as an ideal fit in Arne Slott&#8217;s system, while Barcelona see him as a long-term replacement for Ronald Araujo if the Uruguayan leaves.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Bayern&#8217;s financial strength and national profile give them a clear advantage.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8216;Can you imagine Mo Salah?&#8217; \u2013 Jamie Carragher warns of Liverpool star&#8217;s future<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich are reportedly preparing to accelerate their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck, with the 26-year-old emerging as a top candidate to add to their defence. According to Bild, Bayern see Schlotterbeck as a strategic replacement for Dayot Upamecano, but Upamecano&#8217;s contract situation remains unresolved with strong interest from Real Madrid and Paris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-33312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}