{"id":459952,"date":"2025-09-29T08:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459952\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T08:25:12","slug":"liverpool-eyeing-move-to-sign-207000-a-week-bayern-munich-star-on-a-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/459952\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Eyeing Move to Sign \u00a3207,000-a-Week Bayern Munich Star on a Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a> are eyeing a move to sign Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano on a free transfer in 2026, according to journalist Christian Falk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reigning Premier League champions are reportedly viewing the France international as a potential replacement for Ibrahima Konate, who has less than a year left on his contract and could depart Anfield in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Bayern have been active in their efforts to renew Upamecano\u2019s contract, they also face the risk of losing the 26-year-old for free at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Upamecano\u2019s potential availability is reportedly turning the heads of multiple European clubs, with Liverpool, Real Madrid, Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain all monitoring him.<\/p>\n

If he does not pen an extension by January, Upamecano will be free to strike a pre-contract agreement with an overseas club for a free transfer move next summer.<\/p>\n

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\n Dayot Upamecano of FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen.<\/p>\n

According to Falk, talks over Upamecano\u2019s contract extension have gone quiet in recent weeks, as Bayern are reluctant to meet his salary demands amid interest from several top European clubs.<\/p>\n

Both Liverpool and Real Madrid are seen as potentially the two most attractive destinations for the 26-year-old, as both clubs are expected to look for a new central defender in 2026.<\/p>\n

While Real Madrid are targeting a replacement for David Alaba and have concerns about Antonio Rudiger\u2019s fitness, Liverpool have just lost summer signing Giovanni Leoni to a long-term injury.<\/p>\n

The Italy international suffered an ACL setback in Liverpool\u2019s 2-1 win over Southampton in the EFL Cup third round last week and is expected to return only next season.<\/p>\n

The Anfield side targeted a new central defender in the final days of the summer transfer window and were close to signing Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi.<\/p>\n

Palace pulled out of the deal at the very last minute<\/a> as they were unable to sign a replacement in time, and now face the prospect of losing Guehi on a free when his contract expires in June.<\/p>\n

Upamecano, who joined Bayern from RB Leipzig in the summer of 2021, has been a key player for the German club since, making 219 appearances and registering 19 goal contributions.<\/p>\n

The \u00a3207,000-a-week<\/a> defender helped Bayern win the Bundesliga last season, his third league title at the club, making 20 top-flight appearances under Vincent Kompany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are eyeing a move to sign Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano on a free transfer in 2026,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-459952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115286633968254149","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}