The Bundesliga giants are among those keeping a close eye on a highly-rated midfielder Ajax who could soon be the subject of a big-money transfer <\/p>\n
Bayern Munich may be about to join the race for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong, with the Dutchman already being linked with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Barcelona.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old has emerged as one of the most sought-after talents in European football after starring in the Eredivisie.<\/p>\n
A big-money move is considered to be a matter of time, despite reluctance on Ajax\u2019s part to sanction the sale of another home-grown prized asset.<\/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 has revealed that De Jong is wanted by the reigning champions in England and Spain, while the French title holders are also keen.<\/p>\n Bayern are now prepared to add the domestic kings of Germany to that list, with nothing being ruled out at this stage as a growing collection of suitors wait to discover if a scramble is sparked in January.<\/p>\n Hasan Salihamidzic, who is sporting director at the Allianz Arena, told reporters when quizzed about De Jong: \u201cHe’s a good player, no doubt about that.<\/p>\n \u201cI have known about him for a long time. He has developed very well, plays great for both Netherlands and Ajax.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’ll see if he goes to Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n While keeping a close eye on De Jong\u2019s situation in Amsterdam, Bayern are piecing together a list of other potential targets.<\/p>\n They have faced accusations of failing to freshen up an aging squad in recent windows, with that considered to be a major contributing factor to the wobble they have endured under Niko Kovac.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe are keeping our eyes open, we’ll see if something is possible,\u201d added Salihamidzic.<\/p>\n \u201cIt’s always hard in the winter, but we’re looking at a few things and will try to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n Bayern collected a 3-0 victory from their most recent Bundesliga outing against Nurnberg on Saturday.<\/p>\n Robert Lewandowski bagged a brace in that contest, while Franck Ribery was also among the goals.<\/p>\n Having now secured back-to-back wins in the league the Bavarian giants are up into second spot in the table, but they remain nine points back on leaders Borussia Dortmund.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Bundesliga giants are among those keeping a close eye on a highly-rated midfielder Ajax who could soon be the subject of a big-money transfer Bayern Munich may be about to join the race for Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong, with the Dutchman already being linked with Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City and Barcelona. The 21-year-old…<\/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-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","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=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n