According to Spain's Daily Sport, Bayern's defensive rotation could be problematic considering Kim Min-jae is going to play in the Asian Cup and Mazraoui is going to play in the Africa Cup of Nations. Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel is interested in competing with La Liga giants Real Madrid to sign Manchester United defender Raphael Varane when the winter window opens. Raphael Varane, who has now been relegated to the bench at Manchester United, has become the target of a major purge for United boss Erik ten Hag. Long-term injuries to Militão and Alaba have forced Real Madrid to enter the market in the January transfer window in search of a centre-back, with only Toni Rudiger and Nacho now available in the centre-back position, with Carlo Ancelotti calling for targeted reinforcements. Prior to joining Manchester United, Raphael Varane spent 10 years at Real Madrid and is likely to return to the Galaxy in the winter window amid injuries at the back.
However, according to information provided by the Spanish newspaper Marca, although Varane fully meets Real Madrid's criteria for recruitment. However, Real Madrid are not willing to afford Varane's huge salary. Real Madrid intend to leave reasonable salary space to pursue top superstars such as Mbappe or Haaland next summer, and they do not want Varane's return to break the Real Madrid salary structure. From that point of view, Real Madrid have effectively dropped out of the race for Varane. In order to dominate the competition with Real Madrid, Bayern are willing to bid €20 million to Manchester United for Raphael Varane in the winter transfer window to make up for the losses caused by Kim Min-jae and Mazraoui for the national team.
In terms of departures, according to the German ** newspaper, after the league between Bayern and Wolfsburg, Bayern defender De Ligt was emotional, and even refused to shake hands with coach Tuchel after the game. De Ligt joined Bayern Munich last season for almost €80 million. Before Tuchel took over, De Ligt was a staunch player in Bayern's backline, but since Tuchel took over, De Ligt has played very little time and the two could be in friction as a result. It is reported that De Ligt has asked his team of agents to find a suitable next home to prepare for leaving Bayern. It is understood that if he leaves Bayern Munich De Ligt will regard the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid as his number one home.
Although Real Madrid gave up buying Raphael Varane in the winter transfer window, Bayern's main central defender next summer. De Ligt has entered the transfer market and secretly sent a surprise to Real Madrid, and the management of the Galaxy Real Madrid and coach Carlo Ancelotti will definitely welcome the main central defender of the Dutch national team to Real Madrid. Before De Ligt joined Juventus, Real Madrid had a soft spot for the former Ajax defender.