German Outlet Confirm Chelsea’s Official Bid For Potential Bayern Munich Target 1

German outlet Kicker have been informing their readers about Bayern Munich’s efforts to sign a new defender.


For a while now, Bayern have been chasing 21-year-old Hoffenheim defender Niklas Sule. Chelsea have also been heavily linked to the German. According to Kicker, Chelsea made a “concrete offer” for Sule, but it looks unlikely that the Blues will land the target.

Is that why the Blues brought Nathan Ake back from Bournemouth in the past few days? Kicker claim that Sule only wants to join Bayern and the Bavarians are poised to pay Hoffenheim over €20 million for the target.

Bayern hope to wrap up the Sule deal soon, with the player rumoured to agree on a five-year deal at the Allianz Arena. Sule earned his first cap for Germany in Bastian Schweinsteiger’s farewell match against Finland.

Last season, he started all but the final match of the season. His consistency and composure brought him to the attention of Europe’s elite and also won him a place in Germany’s 2016 Olympic squad.

After winning the silver medal for his country, he became the first Hoffenheim academy graduate to play for Germany’s senior eleven last summer.

The towering 6-foot-4 defender might not look up to a lot of players on the pitch, but of course, he has role-models and Bayern Munich and Germany defender Jerome Boateng is one of them.

“I learn a lot by watching him. He’s already there where I want to be,” Sule told Sport1 in November, months after winning his first cap for Germany in Bastian Schweinsteiger’s farewell match against Finland.

Sule already has a good positional sense, is strong in the air and, after changing his diet and losing weight, has a more powerful approach on the pitch these days. He sometimes reminds of a young Vincent Kompany but is still learning to become as good on the ball and as elegant as the Manchester City defender.

Following his breakthrough season in Germany and his performances at the Olympic Games, incoming Chelsea boss Antonio Conte identified the German as one of the best options to bolster his club’s defence. But Sule, under contract at Hoffenheim until 2019, opted to stay at the club for at least another season.