Bayern Munich have been informed that Ayyoub Bouaddi has rejected the club’s advances despite weeks of talks involving Vincent Kompany, Max Eberl and the player’s representatives, with Bayern prepared to invest up to €60 million (£52 million) in the Lille wonderkid, only for the player to ultimately conclude that neither Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga nor the tactical project presented by Vincent Kompany represented a sufficiently attractive proposition for the next stage of his career. The Moroccan wonderkid’s dream has long been the Premier League and, significantly, I can now exclusively reveal, as the first journalist worldwide, that Bayern Munich have been informed Bouaddi already has a personal agreement in place with an English club, a development communicated directly to Bayern by the player’s representatives, with officials increasingly convinced that the destination is either Liverpool FC, the crown jewel of English football, or Arsenal FC, the North London set-piece dependency project. Bayern were aware for months that both clubs were leading contenders for his signature and still chose to explore whether they could change the player’s mind. However, there is now a strong belief inside the industry that if Liverpool ultimately decide to make a decisive move, Bouaddi would choose Anfield, those mystical red-brick walls and one of football’s most magnetic institutions, over Arsenal, with the player understood to be significantly more captivated by Liverpool’s footballing vision than by a club whose recent rise has become almost inseparable from set-pieces, long throws and dead-ball routines. The expectation inside Bayern Munich is that the situation will accelerate rapidly after the World Cup, potentially even during the tournament itself, and unless there is a dramatic late twist, Liverpool and Arsenal supporters should watch this story closely, as the final chapter may arrive far sooner than many expect.

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Yan Diomande 🇨🇮 To me this is a non-brainer. Seen a lot of discussion in regards to whether he’s worth it, I think he is for a number of reasons. Firstly the winger market is very weak right now especially when it comes to output machines, there is a lack of them. And the ones with high output are unattainable. Whatever you buy now, is potential and that’s why it’s at a premium. Very quick on and off the ball ✅ Carries the ball up the pitch ✅ Dribbles inside and outside ✅ Unpredictable ✅ Decisive final ball ✅ This is exactly what we’ve been missing. Is it a lot of money? Absolutely. But I think it’s worth mentioning there’s a reason why we went big on Isak, Wirtz and Ekitike last summer. To replace Salah who had ridiculous output was a big ask. Wingers have by far been our biggest form of output for the last 7-8 years. We aimed to change it by having our strikers being the main source of goals and our wingers and 10 being the providers. Buying from Leipzig is always a gamble but I think for Liverpool and Yan Diomande, this is one that will pay off. Got football for a couple of hours hoping to come back to some news🤞.

Keep an eye out on this one. Bouaddi of Lille. I feel top clubs will be probing by next summer. Just hope we are in the mix #LFC

Keep an eye out on this one. Bouaddi of Lille. I feel top clubs will be probing by next summer. Just hope we are in the mix #LFC