Pep Guardiola to bring Bayern Munich's technical director and transfer guru to Manchester City
Current Bayern Munich manager and future Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is reportedly looking to bring Bayern Munich’s technical director and transfer guru Michael Reschke to the Etihad according to German daily Bild.
While Bayern Munich bigwigs Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Mathias Sammer have the final say in transfers at the Allianz Arena, technical director Michael Reschke is the man behind the scenes who identifies and discovers targets for the Bavarian giants.
58-year-old Reschke enjoys an excellent reputation in the game, and he is credited with having brought Arturo Vidal, Douglas Costa, Joshua Kimmich and Kingsley Coman to the club.
The technical director joined Bayern Munich in 2014 and he is supposed to enjoy a close relationship with Guardiola.
The whole story is the latest in a series of rumours which suggest widespread changes in the Manchester City squad and background staff in the summer.
Bayern Munich not favourites against Juventus says Neuer
Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer claims they are "not the favourites" against Italian football champions Juventus when the two sides face off in the second leg of the Champions League, while complimenting Gianluigi Buffon on his record.
The two sides face each other for a return leg this Wednesday, and they go into the game with a 2-2 result from the first game.
Bayern Munich played on Saturday against Werder Bremen and won 5-0, while Juventus edged past Sassuolo by a narrow 1-0, in a game which saw Buffon setting a new personal record for the longest unbeaten run in Serie A.
"Congratulations!" said Neuer to the Italian goalkeeper, as reported by football-italia.net. "I haven't seen the game against Sassuolo, but the result confirms Juve's quality.
"We're not the favourites, even though we managed not to lose in the first leg. It's going to be an open game, but don't think that our success against Werder was just a training practice.
"After two games without winning, we still have our usual self-confidence. Starting from tomorrow we'll focus on Juve. We're not playing for (outgoing coach Pep) Guardiola, we're playing for Bayern."