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Bayern Munich’s summer transfer window got off to a rocky start when 22-year-old Bayer Leverkusen attacker and German international Florian Wirtz spurned the Rekordmeister for a move to Liverpool in the Premier League. Later in the summer, Stuttgart refused to even come to the table with Bayern over Nick Woltemade. To Stuttgart’s credit, they were able to extract an exorbitant amount from Newcastle United that Bayern was unwilling to match.
A fair number of other top players made the move from the Bundesliga to perceived greener pastures in England. In a recent interview with German media outlet Welt, Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen rejected the notion that Bayern cannot financially…
