If there is anything clear about the future of Dayot Upamecano, the center-back Zidane has kept an eye on for Real Madrid, is that there is nothing clear. As AS published, it is an almost hand-to-hand bid between the white club and Bayern. In Germany, information is coming out that speaks of having done it with the Munich team and also that it would have even renewed with Leipzig. Neither of those two situations has materialized and now Bild talks about a new twist: Leipzig would be willing to lower the price of Upamecano. Specifically, a third …
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The clause is 60 million euros but Leipzig assumes that it will not be able to collect it with the current economy of European football. Therefore, according to the German newspaper, he would be willing to cut his claims by the defender considerably and would accept € 40M to transfer it. The strong man in club operations, Markus Krösche, has been reiterating that they cannot afford not to take advantage of Upamecano considering that the contract ends in 2021 and there is a real risk that it would go free. Also because you already have a substitute in mind.
The suitors have other priority fronts …
To understand that option of a reduction by Upamecano you have to see the full picture. The applicants to sign the French U21 international are measuring their steps a lot. Bayern have gotten fully into another front that they consider a priority, that of Leroy Sané, of which I would already have the ‘yes, I want’. There will be no money for everything and it will depend on whether the return of the Bundesliga after the break due to the coronavirus occurs definitively and that stabilizes the income of the Bavarian club. Madrid is focused right now on Camavinga and Manchester United, the most distant option, is still pending on what happens with Pogba because there is practically their only possibility of financing important purchases this summer.
It remains to be seen what the Upamecan himself decides. Its closest environment has been betting on tranquility for two months because they prioritize that he compete again and don’t rush in a decision of enormous importance for his career. The days continue to run and the outcome on Upamecano (Leipzig, Real Madrid, Bayern …) is still far from clear.
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