Bayern Munich are leading the race to sign the RB Leipzig central defender Dayot Upamecano, who will be available for a cut-price €42.5m (£37.3m) but face competition from Chelsea and Liverpool.
Manchester United are not going to pursue an interest in the 22-year-old Frenchman with the club having decided to chase other targets this summer.
Chelsea’s new manager, Thomas Tuchel, is a big admirer of Upamecano since his time in the Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund while Liverpool will consider whether to make an official bid for the centre-back, having followed him for a considerable time.
Bayern, however, remain the favourites to sign Upamecano, who left France in 2015 to embark on the well-trodden path from Liefering via Red Bull Salzburg to RB Leipzig. Leipzig are resigned to the 22-year-old, who has three caps for France, leaving in the summer and are in talks to sign Mohamed Simakan from Strasbourg as a replacement.
Upamecano has been a target of Bayern’s for some time and they see him as the ideal replacement for David Alaba, who is set to leave the club this summer.
