The Wales international is set to become a free agent in the summer of 2019 and is poised to take on a new challenge with the Bundesliga champions <\/p>\n
Bayern Munich are close to reaching an agreement with Aaron Ramsey as his Arsenal contract runs down, according to information received by Goal and SPOX.<\/p>\n
The Bundesliga giants are staying tight-lipped when it comes to a move for the Wales international, but he will not be signing fresh terms in north London and is set to hit free agency in 2019.<\/p>\n
Bayern can officially open negotiations on January 1, when Ramsey is free\u00a0to enter into pre-contract talks with clubs outside of England.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Goal and SPOX understand that Bayern are leading a group of six clubs pursuing the 27-year-old\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n Barcelona, Juventus, Inter, Manchester United and Chelsea are also keen on the Gunners star and have put offers forward.<\/p>\n Ramsey is readying himself for a new challenge after revealing that an extension discussed with Arsenal has been rescinded .<\/p>\n He said in October of a long-running and slightly puzzling saga: \u201cThere is no contract on the table at the moment so there is nothing for me to consider.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know that the contract was taken away off the table. I\u2019m not sure exactly why because a few weeks before we sort of agreed and I was ready to sign.<\/p>\n \u201cSomething happened, I am not sure exactly what, but that contract is no longer there, or nothing\u2019s on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n While planning to head for pastures new, Ramsey has already stated that he will see out the 2018-19 campaign at Emirates Stadium .<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWould I stay for the rest of the season? Of course, yeah.<\/p>\n \u201cI am contracted to Arsenal and I am going to do my best now this season to try and achieve something special.\u201d<\/p>\n It appears as though Ramsey will not be the only new arrival at the Allianz Arena next summer should he reach an agreement with Bayern.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n A deal is also said to be in place for the reigning Bundesliga champions to acquire France international defender Benjamin Pavard from Stuttgart.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old is said to have given his word to Bayern that he will be making the move while helping his country to global glory at the 2018 World Cup.<\/p>\n He has a \u20ac35 million (\u00a331m\/$40m) release clause in his contract that is set to be triggered.<\/p>\n Bayern are making early moves to bolster their ranks after enduring a testing start to the 2018-19 campaign, with Niko Kovac\u2019s side currently sat fifth in the Bundesliga, seven points off the pace being set by Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n They acknowledge that they need to freshen things up, with it also being suggested that certain players will be moved on.<\/p>\n James Rodriguez may be among those, with the Colombian playmaker no longer guaranteed to see a two-year loan from Real Madrid turned into a permanent transfer.<\/p>\n If he were to depart, then the potential arrival of Ramsey would help to fill that midfield void in Bayern\u2019s squad.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wales international is set to become a free agent in the summer of 2019 and is poised to take on a new challenge with the Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are close to reaching an agreement with Aaron Ramsey as his Arsenal contract runs down, according to information received by Goal and SPOX. The Bundesliga…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n