Rangers have been handed a potential blow in their pursuit of Bayern Munich loanee Malik Tillman amid the latest news surrounding Sadio Mane, Leroy Sane and Serge Gnabry.
According to the Daily Mail, quoting Bild, the newly crowned Bundesliga champions are set to entertain offers for the trio after a troublesome season where they still won the title.
Borussia Dortmund bottled it on the final day, to hand the German side their 11th top flight crown on the bounce and maintain German football’s startling monopoly.
But there has been a jolt of uncertainty going through the club this season, with all three players underperforming and now potentially set to leave the club for the right offer.
Sadio Mane – who signed last summer in a £35m deal from Liverpool – and Leroy Sane – who joined from Man City for around £55m in 2020 – also had a now infamous dressing room bust-up after their Champions League clash with Man City, an incident that saw the Senegal international suspended and fined.
Serge Gnabry – who joined from Wolfsburg for around £7m in 2018 – has performed slightly better than both players this season, the German’s 17 goals pipping Mane’s 12 and Sane’s 14.
Rangers Malik Tillman interest as Bayern look for change
Rangers will have a vested interest in what happens with the Bayern trio, given the Ibrox club’s widely reported interest in young USA international Malik Tillman.
Tillman, 20, has just spent the season on loan at Ibrox, where his 12 goals were enough to win him both the club’s Young Player of the Year award and the PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year award.
Rangers have an exclusive £5m option-to-buy on Tillman, but this is set to run out some time in early June, with the pursuit of the attacking midfielder to coming to a head.
Pictured back in Bayern training gear this week, Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel also suggested big changes are coming to the German giants next season.
With Tillman no-doubt eager to test himself at the top level, perhaps there might be a space for him to impress the former Chelsea boss this summer as Rangers nervously watch on.
The man who brokered the Rangers loan deal for Tillman has now left Bayern Munich, while Ross Wilson, the man on the Ibrox side, has moved to Nottingham Forest.
