Mane’s Bayern links and key Real Madrid updates – FootballTransfers’ recap

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 9 May 2022 22:07 BST
• 3 min read

Erling Haaland’s inevitable move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City means that the summer transfer window is already starting to take shape, some weeks before the 2021/22 season has even drawn to a close.

In turn, this deal with cause a domino effect elsewhere, with Liverpool needing to respond, while Real Madrid and Barcelona seek offensive reinforcements.

Mane to leave Liverpool for Bayern?

Could Sadio Mane really seek a transfer from Liverpool this summer? It seems so. His contract at Anfield is expiring, after all.

Links to Bayern Munich seem to have come out of nowhere, but perhaps they’re not so strange after all…

Why Haaland rejected Madrid

Haaland, of course, is the man of the hour in football transfer news thanks to his impending switch.

Virtually every big club in Europe had tailed him, but it was Real Madrid who got closest to signing him. Here’s why it fell through…

Mbappe to Real Madrid continues to stall

Real Madrid had probably hoped to have the Kylian Mbappe issue resolved in a positive fashion by now, but that’s simply not happened.

The PSG’s striker is still undecided, with the Ligue 1 champions intent on retaining him. Here’s why the situation is still at a standstill…

Barcelona’s first transfer of the summer?

One player who could be leaving PSG is Xavi Simons. He’s regularly been linked with a return to Barcelona, where he long played in the academy system, and recent events at Parc des Princes suggest the time is ripe for the teenaged Dutchman to make a move.

Man Utd to save £50m by axing five stars

One club where change is certainly coming is Manchester United. This summer they are set to make sweeping alterations to the squad, and by losing just five players they will raise funds enough to make serious investments where Erik ten Hag feels they are most required.