Daily Schmankerl: FC Barcelona tracking Bayern Munich’s Leon Goretzka hard; Liverpool plotting for Kingsley Coman: Erling Haaland fires back at vacation report; Achraf Hakimi reaches deal with PSG; and MORE!

Barca making a late charge for Goretzka (Football Espana)

FC Barcelona is reportedly making a late, hard charge at Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka:

Barcelona are rumoured to be eyeing up two of the biggest stars at Euro 2020 in Leon Goretzka and Mikkel Damsgaard.

Goretzka and Damsgaard both netted vital goals in their respective final group games to secure Germany and Denmark’s spots in the last 16.

Both players have caught the eye, and according to reports from RAC1, via Marca, La Blaugrana are monitoring them both ahead of a possible summer bid.

More Coman-to-Liverpool chatter (beIN Sports)

Liverpool is allegedly extremely interested in making a run at Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman. If true — The latest financial requirement from the Bavarians seems to have dropped to €50 million:

In the process of leaving for Munich, Kinglsey Coman is of great interest to the English giant Liverpool. According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Merseysiders have even already submitted a proposal for the former Parisian. It would be around 35M €. An amount deemed insufficient by Bayern, which requires at least €50 million to release its French winger.

The German champions are in no rush to sell Coman as they know time is on their side. Manchester United could also quickly position themselves on the former tricolor. The Red Devils are likely to look to this track if they ever fail to snatch Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund. Regarding Coman, he remains calm on his side. Open to a new challenge, he leaves it to his representatives to settle the question of his future while he is playing the Euro.

Nübel not a shoo-in to start for Monaco (L’Équipe)

With reports pointing to a loan assignment to AS Monaco for Bayern Munich’s Alexander Nübel, it has been assumed by many that Nübel will start right away. A report out of France, however, states that Nübel will be “competition” for Benjamin Lecomte:

Mentioned in our columns on March 16, the track which leads AS Monaco to Alexander Nübel will succeed: as announced by the German channel Sport1, the number 2, Bayern Munich goalkeeper will be loaned two seasons to ASM, which wants to put in competition Benjamin Lecomte. Very coveted, the former German international (24 years old) will spend his medical examination this Saturday in Monaco.

Haaland not amused with media fascination on his vacation (@ErlingHaaland)

Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland is finding out that fame come with a price — and some crazy stories:

Leipzig adds another striker (Transfer Market Web)

As was rumored, RB Leipzig has reportedly reached a deal with Manchester City for German striker Lukas Nmecha:

According to Het Nieuwsblad, RB Leipzig sealed the deal with Manchester City, on an about 10 million euros transfer fee, over 22-year old German U21 international striker Lukas Nmecha. German giants are likely to be able to announce their new signing before the end of next week.

Playing for Anderlecht, on a loan spell, throughout latest season, under the management of Citizens 2010’s legend Vincent Kompany, the 1998-born of Nigerian heritage, also eligible for English full-side national team, had been targeted by a bunch of clubs all around Europe.

Nmecha, according to Transfermarkt.de, was in fact pursued also by Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburg, RB Leipzig, and Sporting Lisbon.

Hakimi reaches deal with PSG (@FabrizioRomano)

In a deal that has been much anticipated, Inter Milan’s Achraf Hakimi will move to Paris Saint-Germain:

Julia Pollak joins Bayer Leverkusen on loan (FCBayern)

Nineteen year old defender Julia Pollak has joined Bayer Leverkusen on loan for the upcoming season. Pollak signed a contract extension to keep her with Bayern through the summer of 2024 as well.

“I am very happy about the extension at FC Bayern and the trust that the club has in me. The loan is now the right step for me to develop personally and in terms of football,” Pollak said.