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https://cfbayerninsider.com/2025/08/bayern-liverpool-bundesliga-premier-league-transfer-news-falk/ Nick Woltemade doesn’t want the Premier League Manchester United and Newcastle had Nick Woltemade on their shortlists. However, the VfB Stuttgart striker is still focused on Bayern Munich. He doesn’t want to leave the Bundesliga at this stage. On Wednesday, there was a meeting between the Bayern bosses where they discussed how they’ll move in the window for Woltemade. There have already been two offers rejected – one of €40m [£34.5m] plus €5m and the second of €50m [£43.2m] plus €5m. Now they’ve decided to play on time, as they don’t want to raise their offer again. They hope Stuttgart will come back to the table, as it’s a lot of money for the club as it stands, and they can’t guarantee that another club will be prepared to pay this fee next year. So, it’s a tactic by Bayern to put pressure on Stuttgart.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c77jgrj20ylo Furthermore, the submission of a transfer request can lead to significant financial penalties for a player. Formally asking to leave while employed by a club constitutes a breach of that contract, and could mean a player is no longer entitled to contractual bonuses like signing-on fees and loyalty bonuses.

Isak has to go man. We should also insist he hands in a transfer request after all of the nonsense he's pulled, so that it costs him that little bit extra as well.

The man is shameless. Should have left him scoring his 6 goals at Sociedad, the cheeky git.

At last these jokers have actually bid and have received a nice swift rejection. We now also know that Isak has also rejected a new deal and release clause for next summer, which is pretty fucked up. Can't wait for this nonsense to be done with. Lets see how much we end up getting. At this point think I'll be far more annoyed watching him mope about on the pitch for Newcastle.

Hopefully Van Hecke comes in as well and adds to it too!

Look how I bring so much light to the darkness. So much joy to the miserable. You're all very welcome. Hopefully the forum will be a bit more bearable today because of it!

This is really cute guys. I'm glad you're all bonding over this and have had a bit of respite from your miserable summers of whining and complaining!

If you say so Do you know how many people I know that go to games all the time and talk the most rubbish. They're some of the worst!

You should stop playing with your phone during games and pay attention!

Can tell I hit the nail on the head from your reaction! Rattled!

We're just not going to risk someone like Kalimuendo needing an adjustment period. It's clear this is the mindset at the club right now. Wissa scored 19 in the league last season, is desperate to come and is going to cost around £35 million. They're just not going to pass that up, understandably so tbh.

I can tell you haven't actually watched him play.

Are you sure you've watched him the past two seasons at all Can't be bothered to go looking for all his best goals, but since you said you didn't see one decent strike at all!

This is just not true man https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13384654/rodrigo-muniz-and-yoane-wissa-among-the-strikers-flying-under-the-radar-in-this-transfer-window Muniz has been unfortunate not to play more for Fulham over the past year - and a post on the club's social media channels unwittingly shone a light on this at the end of the season. The graphic celebrated how many Premier League goals Fulham's two main strikers had scored. Raul Jimenez, the first choice, had 12 in 30 starts, while Muniz had eight in eight. Considering three of Jimenez's goals were scored from penalties, and Muniz didn't take a spot-kick for Fulham, then the Brazilian's record becomes even more impressive. Broaden the comparison further and the numbers will shock you: excluding penalty goals, Muniz has the best strike rate per 90 of anyone in the Premier League (0.76) to have played at least 20 per cent of available minutes this season. Erling Haaland and Alexander Isak, arguably two of the most valuable strikers in world football, are closest behind him with a return of 0.62 per 90. Even when you include penalties, Muniz ranks second to Mohamed Salah, Premier League top scorer last season, narrowly ahead on 0.77 after scoring nine times from the spot. Muniz is right up there in terms of Expected Goals per 90 too, ranking fifth in the Premier League when penalties are excluded - a clear indication that he is consistently getting into good goalscoring opportunities. Well over 6ft, Muniz is also a handful for defenders, shown in his unique ability to win both aerial duels and fouls at a higher rate than almost anyone in the Premier League. Handy when leading the line. He ranks second for aerial duels won per 90 (6.34) and seventh for fouls won per 90 (2.93) - but when you measure player performance across both metrics, Muniz stands alone among other strikers. So why has he not played more? Well, the numbers suggest Marco Silva tends to prioritise experience. His Fulham teams have been the second-oldest on average over the past two seasons - and were the oldest the season before. Perhaps for Muniz, who turned 24 in May, that has counted against him in the battle with 34-year-old Jimenez for minutes. Silva can point to a steady progression as a sign that his methods are working after recording his best points return at Fulham. But Muniz also has a strong case to say he deserves more minutes. These numbers suggest he is the under-the-radar striker in the Premier League.

Depending on how much we end up spending on strikers, which they're clearly prioritising at the minute, it will likely determine how much we spend on a CB, and who then go for. Got nothing to do with doing one deal at a time for goodness sake

Pretty sure the Hope article is just saying that CB is on hold for now, as other positions are being prioritised first, in the short term.

Yeah, pretty much. Basically they want him to tell Leipzig he's only interested in joining them and not Newcastle. That way they can then try and negotiate the fee down. Like what they tried to do with Mbeumo, which is why it took ages but ultimately didn't work.

Arsenal press high and their defenders play a high line. Their keepers have to play as sweeper keepers and he did that when he was at Arsenal.

I agree. At this point I just want us to get the numbers we need in, and players the coaching team like and believe they can work with and get more out of. Think a lot of these more unfancied names that are deemed as underwhelming will make bigger names for themselves at Newcastle.

This guy isn't worth this level of hassle. Really hope we have left him to Man Utd, because I think it could be a bit of a car crash for him over there.