Bundesliga - Bayern trio to fund Bosingwa fund

Eurosport - Thu, 18 Jun 13:03:00 2009

Bayern Munich are hoping to offload Tim Borowski, Christian Lell and Andreas Ottl this summer to finance a bid for Chelsea full-back Jose Bosingwa.

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Club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge confirmed the Portugal defender was one of new coach Louis van Gaal's primary targets and that an approach had already been made.

"We are holding talks, but we still need the approval of Chelsea," Rummenigge told Kicker magazine.

"He is one of the best right full-backs around."

Lell and Ottl both deputised at right-back for Bayern last season after Willy Sagnol was forced to retire from the game due to injury and Massimo Oddo, who spent the season on loan from AC Milan, failed to impress.

Now, Lell and Ottl are set to make way as Rummenigge plans to "sell one or two players" after spending most of the summer in the buying market.

Franck Ribery is not one of the players up for sale, according to Rummenigge, despite club president Franz Beckenbauer hinting in an interview yesterday that the Frenchman could be allowed to leave.

"We all agree, including Franz Beckenbauer, that we will do all we can to keep hold of Franck," he said.

"I am quite relaxed about the Ribery issue because nothing can happen without Bayern.

"Even Van Gaal knows what an exceptional player Ribery is. Franck is one of the best three players in the world and we know what we have in him."

PA Sport

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  1. hes been a good player, be glad to never see that­ unibrow again though
    dont see why the boy doesnt just­ shave it
    chelsea should TRY to get dani alves although­ i doubt it would work, why would anyone want to leave­ barca for chelsea unless being forced out

    From Niall A, on Sun 21 Jun 12:51PM

  2. why would bosingwa want to play with bayern if he could­ go to spain top 4 club and play every week.

    From iancampbell11, on Sun 21 Jun 12:16AM

  3. Dont want to see him go, his fast and basically plays­ right wing as he always goes forward. But we need a­ VERY good replacement if he does.

    From magyar87, on Fri 19 Jun 12:17PM

  4. who do u expect to replace bosingwa?there are only but­ few of his type infact just 1 dat can compare ,daniel­ alves in baca.pls keep bosa .let them give us their­ best winger ribery and we tink of givin them our best­ right back.munich with their bright self

    From micah, on Fri 19 Jun 10:02AM

  5. who do u expect to replace bosingwa?there are only but­ few of his type infact just 1 dat can compare ,daniel­ alves in baca.pls keep bosa .let them give us their­ best winger ribery and we tink of givin them our best­ right back.munich with their bright self

    From micah, on Fri 19 Jun 10:02AM

  6. PAPAOGOS Are u on drugs or on leave from a Lunatic­ Asylum, best right back in the world, you are a joke.

    From , on Fri 19 Jun 9:55AM

  7. mike, what planet are you from you muppet,ah do you­ know what i cant be bothered.

    From J W, on Fri 19 Jun 9:41AM

  8. selling boswingwa wuld be 1 of the best decission from­ chelsea, he is always showing players his back insted­ of going for the ball.we should swap him with rebery­ includind cash.we are going to regret if man utd should­ buy him,i love dat dude cos he is extremelly hard­ working

    From tammy s, on Fri 19 Jun 7:54AM

  9. selling boswingwa wuld be 1 of the best decission from­ chelsea, he is always showing players his back insted­ of going for the ball.we should swap him with rebery­ includind cash.we are going to regret if man utd should­ buy him,i love dat dude cos he is extremelly hard­ working

    From tammy s, on Fri 19 Jun 7:53AM

  10. who cares chelsea are finished anyway

    From mike, on Thu 18 Jun 11:55PM

  11. Can't see Chelsea selling one of their better­ players who gives what Abramovich demands - exciting­ attacking football.
    We should be buying to strenghten­ and offloading some of the older fringe players.

    From george, on Thu 18 Jun 9:18PM

  12. thats my opion only could say some more players and im­ sure you lot out there could add some and dont say­ anyone from spurs west ham newcastle and other clubs in­ that catorgery oh yes sorry young at aston villa­ looks good

    From mickyboy, on Thu 18 Jun 6:58PM

  13. chelsea will sign zhirkov to replace him if he goes but­ you would expect £20million for him better he stay and­ get more firepower up front as to me drogba a­ unpredictable man headless somtimes and play acts to­ much sulky like anelka tevez could be good poacher­ along side drog hopefully if he ancerloti likes joe­ cole he play him but he have to improve lots to be any­ where near champions league winner maybe tevez and eto­ but then starting agian we should have brought torres­ when he was avialble 2 years ago there are not many­ players that can come to chelsea in the prem maybe 5­ because the rest at chelsea are better than whats­ around torres rhobinho van persie rooney gerrad

    From mickyboy, on Thu 18 Jun 6:55PM

  14. id love to see bosingwa at bayern but i just cant see­ chelsea let him go that easy....

    From SemirGOBAYERN!!!, on Thu 18 Jun 5:27PM

  15. if we sell bosingwa I will be raging!

    From yip, on Thu 18 Jun 5:09PM

  16. Bosingwa is a very very good player. Not only defending­ well, he is very good overall throughout the whole­ season. I dont think Chelsea will sell him unless­ anything special happens like a very good deal. Maybe a­ large sum of money or the presence of Ribery may cause­ bosingwa to leave other than that i think he will stay.

    From King Hung, on Thu 18 Jun 2:09PM

  17. let them have bosingwa plus cash for ribery and lahm

    From schneider.david88, on Thu 18 Jun 2:02PM

  18. Chelsea will pay dearly if they sell Bosingwa. I hope­ the guys in charge are thinking right.

    - Ndubuisi,­ Lagos, Nigeria.

    From Ndubuisi c, on Thu 18 Jun 1:50PM

  19. Chelsea will sell Bosingwa only if they manage to swap­ him for Ribery,of course with a huge initial around 45m­ fee

    From kokichinja, on Thu 18 Jun 1:47PM

  20. The best right full back in the world right now will be­ placed somewhere if you average dani alves and jose­ bosingwa. chelsea will be shooting self in the leg if­ they accept to loose a world class defender in bosingwa

    From papaogos, on Thu 18 Jun 1:19PM
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