Daily Schmankerl: Liverpool missing Bayern Munich’s Sadio Mané; Benjamin Pavard lauded; Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, and Newcastle United want Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic; Yann Sommer to the Premier League, but not Adrien Rabiot?; & MORE!

Liverpool “definitely missing” Mané (Anfield Central)

English pundit Garth Crooks recently noted that Liverpool is having a hell of a time replacing Sadio Mané, who now terrorizes defenders for Bayern Munich:

Speaking in his column on the BBC Sport website, Garth Crooks revealed his team of the week and included Luis Diaz whom he praised. However, the topic of Diaz led him onto the topic of Mane – a player he believes is currently sorely missed by Liverpool:

“It was always going to take something a bit special to cancel out Palace’s goal, but Diaz provided just that.” He wrote in his team of the week column. “Whether he can replace the potency, or match the goals, that Sadio Mane produced for Liverpool over the years remains to be seen. But Liverpool are definitely missing Mané.”

Our Twitter guy Tom Adams helped spark the online furor that is going on by being one of the voices saying Mané was more valuable to Liverpool than Mo Salah. Today, it is getting tough to argue against that.

Pulisic being courted by Juve, United, Atleti, and NUFC (@Plettigoal)

Chelsea FC attacker Christian Pulisic also might be “Tuchel’d out” or at least tired of battling so many other players for field time. Manchester United, Newcastle United, Atletico Madrid, and Juventus are all interest in Pulisic:

Pulisic — allegedly — would be okay with a move to Manchester United:

This is the part of the post where I typically would go on for a paragraph about why the Pennsylvania native and USMNT star would be a good fit at Bayern Munich...and I believe he would! Julian Nagelsmann’s squad is already overflowing with attacking talent, however, so hopefully another landing place will work better for the former PA Classics youth player.

Still looking like Laimer will stay at Leipzig (BuLiNews)

As has been reported, it looks increasingly likely that Konrad Laimer will play out his contract at RB Leipzig this season. What happens from there remains anyone’s guess:

At RB Leipzig, there is growing confidence that Konrad Laimer will not be moving to Bayern München this summer.

“There is a strong tendency that he will stay with us,” said RB Leipzig CEO Oliver Mintzlaff in an interview with Leipziger Volkszeitung. “He’s an incredible performer. That’s why FC Bayern want him,” added the Leipzig chief.

Bavarian Podcast Works: Postgame Show — Bayern Munich 2-0 Wolfsburg (Bavarian Football Works)

Bayern Munich put forth another dominant effort in the Bundesliga as it downed Wolfsburg 2-0.

The Bavarians received strong showings from a number of players including Jamal Musiala, Thomas Müller, Marcel Sabitzer, and Alphonso Davies among others. Bayern Munich was just stellar against an opponent that really wanted to slow them down. Here is what we have on tap:

• Wolfsburg had a good game plan coming in, but just could not contain Bayern Munich’s devastating attack.
• Jamal Musiala has become an indispensable member of the starting XI. His consistency, energy, and production are unrivaled at this point.
• Thomas Müller is still a man who knows to be at the right place at the right time.
• Players like Marcel Sabitzer and Benjamin Pavard continue to show they are legit.
• Some areas for improvement.
• Why you should buy into the energy and fun of this squad.

Sommer to United? (@FabrizioRomano)

Yann Sommer has had a terrific run at Borussia Mönchengladbach and now Manchester United could be interested in the goalkeeper:

Pavard earns top honor (@WhoScored)

Benjamin Pavard earned recognition for his effort against Wolfsburg by being named to Europe’s Top 5 Leagues Team of the Week:

Bavarian Podcast Works Preview Show: VfL Bochum vs. Bayern Munich (Bavarian Football Works)

Bayern Munich has an interesting assignment up next in the Bundesliga in the form of VfL Bochum. We look ahead to the fixture in this preview podcast. Without further ado, these are some of the topics we delve into:

• How has VfL Bochum started the season?
• Reflection on Bochum’s performance against Hoffenheim in the past weekend.
• A quick look back at the Wolfsburg game.
• Why the Wolfsburg game was interesting in its own way.
• How Bochum might set up for this one.
• Will Bayern Munich make any changes?
• Why Serge Gnabry is a better fit for the team than Leroy Sané.
• A look at the rest of the Bundesliga fixtures including some headscratchers.
• A thought or two on that finale of Better Call Saul

Rabiot deal falls through for United (@FabrizioRomano)

Color me shocked...Manchester United found it difficult to deal with Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot and his mother/agent:

I get total Arrested Development vibes from just about every story we hear about Rabiot:

Germany Watch: Kehrer announced at West Ham (@WestHam)

Germany international Thilo Kehrer has made the move from Paris Saint-Germain to West Ham United:

Bavarian Podcast Works Season 5, Episode 7 (Bavarian Football Works)

In this Flagship episode of the podcast, Tom and Teddy discuss:

• Nagelsmann’s consistent starting XI.
• When there will be a need for rotations.
• Leroy Sane and Tanguy Nianzou’s transfer rumors/links.
• Nagelsmann keeping everyone in the squad happy.
• How results have fared elsewhere in the Bundesliga.
• Do our direct rivals make us winning the league much easier?
• Our thoughts on the NYT piece and if the Bundesliga will ever garner more interest from abroad.