Manchester United and Chelsea have reportedly been joined by Bayern Munich in the race to land Borussia Mönchengladbach’s highly-rated midfielder Denis Zakaria.
Zakaria, 23, joined Gladbach in 2017 from Swiss side Young Boys in a move which cost the Bundesliga outfit just £10.8m as per TransferMarkt.
The talented Swiss has featured in 96 matches in all competitions for Gladbach and after a series of resilient displays, the 23-year-old has emerged as one of Europe’s most highly-rated defensive midfielders.
Despite holding Inter Milan to a decent 2-2 draw in last night’s Champions League group game, Gladbach could be set to see their star midfielder depart the club he has spent the last three-years with.
According to a recent report from leading German journalist Christian Falk, Zakaria has emerged as a transfer target for Premier League duo United and Chelsea.
However, Falk goes on to claim that in light of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and counter-part Frank Lampard’s interest in the gifted midfielder, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have also joined the race to land Zakaria.
United and Chelsea have a new transfer rival: FC Bayern also has Denis Zakaria on their list @ManUtd @ChelseaFC @FCBayern
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) October 21, 2020
United will be hopeful they can beat off both Bayern Munich and Chelsea in the battle to sign Gladbach’s Swiss midfielder with the central defensive position being a role the Reds have struggled to nail down in recent years.
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