Manuel Neuer's heir? Bayern Munich keeping tabs on Premier League goalkeeper

Manuel Neuer extended his declaration astatine Bayern Munich successful May this year, agreeing a one-year extension. The 40-year-old goalkeeper has not confirmed that this volition beryllium his last play arsenic a professional, but the nine are already looking astatine ways to hole for his eventual departure.

Jonas Urbig, 23, is considered Neuer's earthy successor astatine the Allianz Arena, and Bayern's program would reportedly beryllium to bring successful different experienced goalkeeper to assistance the youngster done the modulation period.

With that successful mind, the club's hierarchy are said to beryllium keeping tabs connected Fulham's Bernd Leno, according to German paper Bild.

Why Leno would not beryllium Bayern Munich's 'number one'

The purpose would beryllium to marque Leno a "reliable backup" for Urbig, who has been groomed to instrumentality implicit arsenic Bayern's fig 1 goalkeeper successful the post-Neuer epoch and reportedly enjoys plentifulness of assurance internally astatine the club. Any imaginable transportation would instrumentality spot successful the summertime of 2027.

The 34-year-old Premier League goalkeeper, who has a declaration with the Cottagers until June 2027 - with the enactment to widen for a further play - would reportedly look favourably connected a instrumentality to his location country, according to the German press.

Leno was calved successful Bietigheim-Bissingen, successful the Stuttgart region, and came done the Stuttgart academy, but ne'er played for the nine astatine elder level. In 2011, helium joined Bayer Leverkusen connected indebtedness earlier making the determination imperishable astatine the BayArena.

The goalkeeper raised his illustration importantly astatine Leverkusen, being heavy relied upon from his earliest days determination and performing well. Just implicit 300 appearances and 99 cleanable sheets later, helium took connected the situation of a determination to Arsenal.

At that stage, Leno was a regular for the German nationalist squad nether Joachim Low, but helium was not included successful the squad for the 2018 World Cup. Arsenal saw him arsenic an fantabulous marketplace alternate to regenerate Petr Cech.

Between 2018 and 2021, the German was Arsenal's first-choice goalkeeper, but helium mislaid his spot erstwhile Aaron Ramsdale arrived. In 2022, aft 125 appearances (35 cleanable sheets), helium agreed a determination to Fulham, wherever helium reclaimed his presumption arsenic a starter. Since then, helium has featured successful 161 matches for the Cottagers, keeping 33 cleanable sheets.

Bayern Munich besides weighing up different goalkeeping options

Leno could statesman talks with different clubs during the January transportation window. Besides him, Bayern Munich are reportedly besides considering 2 different players inactive playing successful German football: Finn Dahmen, the 28-year-old Augsburg goalkeeper, and Marvin Schwabe, 31, of Cologne.

Bayern's goalkeeping plans are inactive successful the aboriginal stages and could impact much players, fixed that Neuer is not the lone goalkeeper astatine the nine with an uncertain future. The declaration of Sven Ulreich, 38, presently 3rd successful the pecking order, besides expires successful June 2027.