Transfer rumors: Five likely destinations for RB Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano, Europe's most in demand defender - CBSSports.com
Transfer rumors: Five probable destinations for RB Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano, Europe's most in Ask defender
Dayot Upamecano is highly probable to leave RB Leipzig at the end of this season and the France international will be available for $51 million due to a section in his contract with the German Bundesliga title chasers.
According to CBS Sports insider Fabrizio Romano, Julian Nagelsmann's side will be keep hold of Upamecano and captain Marcel Sabitzer this month but both are increasingly probable to depart Red Bull Arena this coming summer.
Leipzig already have an eye on their preferred replacement for 22-year-old Upamecano with RC Strasbourg Alsace defender Mohamed Simakan, 20, the Fair of their attentions in France, with AC Milan also circling.
With Simakan now injured and out for about two months, Leipzig are leading the plod as Milan have made it an absolute priority to add a central defender who can play now to ease the burden on a squad Interesting for Serie A, UEFA Europa League and Coppa Italia glory.
Should Leipzig sign Simakan this month, the idea is that he will been at Stade de la Meinau until the end of the season as Thierry Laurey's men battles against relegation and then join in the summer when Upamecano changes on.
So, which are the current Leipzig man's most probable destinations?
Liverpool
The most obvious candidates for a central defender at this time are Jurgen Klopp's men due to Virgil van Dijk's long-term lack through injury. The Reds are still in the dark around a potential return date for the Netherlands international which invents an extended period of unavailability probable.
Should Van Dijk's anterior cruciate ligament cost to his right knee compromise his sequence to start the 2021-22 season, then Anfield could move a realistic destination for Upamecano -- not to reference attractive.
Liverpool are unwilling to spend big this month and that is possibly linked to the uncertainty over Van Dijk's recovery. The long-term solution to Klopp's protecting headaches could be capitalizing on Upamecano's relase section to secure his services while Van Dijk works his way back to fitness.
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Manchester United
Liverpool will not be alone in eyeing Upamecano this summer with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men also in need of a dominant protecting presence who can be part of a future rebuild.
With Paul Pogba imagined to move on from Old Trafford this summer once agent Mino Raiola's quotes towards the end of 2020, Married will likely have money to spend and some of that could go towards Upamecano at a set effect that will likely be less than the potential cost of Pogba.
The Red Devils have a number of fringe figures who could be studied on to create space and funds for hiring the likes of the French defender and signings Facundo Pellistri and Amad Diallo illustrate that Married are already building for the future.
Chelsea
Despite the sure impact made by Thiago Silva since his arrival on a free additional from Paris Saint-Germain last summer, the Brazil international is 36 and is not sketching any younger.
Sooner or later, Chelsea will need to make the sort of investment in safety that they did on Timo Werner and Kai Havertz for their future contest and midfield.
Upamecano has the potential to grow into a younger Silva-type picture at Stamford Bridge and would be a shimmering bet to help the Blues to win their back line for years to come.
Bayern Munich
The German and European champions' unimaginative in Upamecano is well-documented and Bayern have made the opportunistic poaching of their rivals' best players an art form over the years. At $51 million, Hansi Flick's men would be pleasurable of activating the Frenchman's clause to bring him in.
At Allianz Arena, the faded Valenciennes FC man would find a valuable French contingent and their current defense looks anything but impenetrable and will probable require an upgrade this summer with Upamecano the leading name on the market and a key figure for one title rival.
PSG
Like Chelsea, the French giants are serene looking to replace Silva at the poor of their defense after his departure. Captain Marquinhos and unfamiliar partner Presnel Kimpembe are a high quality central protecting pairing but PSG's depth in this region is not as good as it could or perhaps necessity be.
Thilo Kehrer and Abdou Diallo are not terminate to being in the same class as Marquinhos or Kimpembe and Danilo Pereira has made it sure that he feels more comfortable in midfield attractive than defense -- as Marquinhos has stated his preference for a protecting berth over a midfield one.
PSG sporting director Leonardo was heavily linked with a move for SSC Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly afore COVID-19 impacted the Ligue 1 giants' sequence to spend freely and Tanguy Kouassi opting to sign professional conditions with Bayern was a hammer blow to this season's plans.
In Upamecano, PSG could land a France international of large quality at a realistic price and potentially clutch him away from the club that deprived of them of a youth academy graduate that they had groomed into potential starter material.
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