Bayern Munich are reportedly lining up a hugely ambitious bid to try and prise Roberto Firmino away from Liverpool.
The German giants are searching for an elite level replacement for centre forward Robert Lewandowski, and are said to be channeling their focus on the Brazilian No 9 at Anfield.
Firmino, 28, is wanted in order to come in and play alongside the free-scoring Lewandowski, while providing an outlet for another top summer transfer target Leroy Sane, as report the Sun.
Bayern are hopeful of making a double Premier raid and signing both Firmino and Sane, though it is a move for the latter which appears realistic.
Sane has already voiced his uncertainty regarding his Manchester City future, and was expected to depart for Germany last summer - but for a late injury sustained in the Community Shield final which wrote off his season.
Bayern's stand-in manager Hans Flick is said to be a huge admirer of Firmino, who is a vital component in Jurgen Klopp's prolific Liverpool front line.
It is reported Bayern are willing to immediately test Liverpool's resolve by placing £75million on the table.
The Reds signed Firmino from Hoffenheim for £29million in June 2015, after he caught the eye with a string of impressive performances in the Bundesliga.
Firmino penned a new deal on Merseyside in April 2018, committing himself to the club until 2022.
The fresh contract catapulted Firmino into the top bracket of earners at Anfield, along with team-mates Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.
As for Sane, the German will enter the final 12 months of his contract this summer and last year's offer of a bumper new deal has been left unsigned.
The 24-year-old, who is nearing a first-team return following a long-term knee injury, has had City's desire to keep him made clear by manager Pep Guardiola.
Bayern remain interested in landing Sane but believe it will cost them upwards of £80million to prise him away from the Etihad Stadium – even given his contract situation.
'Sane is a great player that we are interested in, which is a well-known fact,' said Bayern president Herbert Hainer. 'Now we have to see how he comes back after his injury.'
LFC11YNWA
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in my opinion he won't be going anywhere... because of many reasons... right now he is playing at best and no 1 club in the world and also fixed placed in first 11...and most importantly he is happy at Anfield....and lastly Klopp and management will won't sell the engine of Liverpool
MaakiJr
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Firmino going to bayern
TETRANINJA
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I want to say it’s not possible but the fact that coutinho left in the past just shows u that offering Liverpool a lot of money can tempt them into selling their best players
Anooor
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all liverpool players are like Fishes where Anfiled is there aquarium and Melwood is there sea if they try to leave they died . so impossible to get out of mersyside town . we are not any more a supermarket now we worked and we still work to make our present and future bright .
ElmanderElmanuel
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I like the headline🤗 "...if you believe in the sun". well, I don't believe in the sun