Bayern Munich News: Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool all watching Lennart Karl; Nico Schlotterbeck to the Premier League?; and MORE!
Bayern Munich News FC Bayern and Lennart Karl are not warring, but that won't stop other clubs from looking. He is the author of The Daily Schmankerl, the longest-running daily Bayern Munich column in English, and also writes The Weekend Warm-Up.
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It has not exactly been smooth sailing over the past few weeks for Bayern Munich and phenom Lennart Karl. While board member for sport Max Eberl and head coach Vincent Kompany have offered messages of support to the youngster as he has scuffled to start the season, supervisory board member Uli Hoeneß has been critical of Karl's commitment to the game.
That criticism led to a retort from from Karl's agent, Michael Ballack. Of course, when there is this much discourse surrounding a player, the vultures start to circle, and Arsenal, Manchester United, and Liverpool are all watching the situation per Sport Bild's Christian Falk: When he was 18, he was given a professional contract until 2029 (the same expiry date as Michael Olise's terms).
So, we have to see what happens with the negotiations. Lennart Karl was very professional about Uli Hoeneß's comments and played very well in the DFB Pokal win over Magdeburg.
Ultimately, with injuries in the squad, Bayern Munich really need him at the moment. I heard that Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United saw that there is something going on around Lennart Karl.
Ultimately, when there's a player at the Ballon d 'Or ceremony who finished fourth in the Men's Kopa Trophy (behind Warren Zaire-Emery, Pau Cubarsi and Lamine Yamal), he's going to be interesting to other clubs. So calls have been made to ascertain what's going on with the player and whether anyone's not totally satisfied with the young German in Munich.
He's got a value of €60m [£50.1m], so it's more than possible for Premier League clubs. Until now, there haven't been any talks over a new contract.
It does not seem like things have crossed any lines just yet and - honestly - Karl really has had only a handful of decent performances this season. The player likely did need a wake-up call regarding his commitment and focus.