BAYERN MUNICH TARGET SANE AND ODOI

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The Bavarians are looking to strengthen after a season that saw them retain their Bundesliga title but once again fall short in the Champions League.

Bayern Munich chairman, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has left open the possibility of a £70million bid for Manchester City winger Sane plus a renewed effort to prise 18-year-old forward Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea.

Bayern made multiple bids for Hudson-Odoi during the January transfer window and their interest in the England international has not diminished despite his current Achilles tendon injury.

Speaking at an event hosted by German newspaper Bild, Rummenigge said it is possible Bayern could pursue both Sane and Hudson-Odoi once the summer window opens.

Bayern have made 23-year-old Sane, who has been in and out of the City side this season, their No 1 transfer target for the summer.

Sane is believed to be keen on a return to Germany, having arrived at City from Schalke back in 2016.

He is likely to play more regular football at Bayern given the departure of long-serving wide players Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery after Saturday’s German Cup final against RB Leipzig.

On Sane, he said: ‘We will try. I can’t promise whether it will succeed.

‘We already had the idea when he was still with Schalke. But at that time we did not have a guarnateed regular place for him. Robben and Ribery were top of the top three years ago.’

Asked to elaborate on who will try and persuade Sane to move, Rummenigge added: ‘That’s what [sporting director] Hasan [Salihamidzic] does.

‘There have not been any talks so far. He’s an interesting player, we will try.’

Hudson-Odoi remains a secondary target for the German champions but Rummenigge clearly wants to keep the option open.

He also gave a thumbs up to under-pressure coach Niko Kovac, who was unable to sustain Bayern’s previous dominance of the Bundesliga.

They only secured the title ahead of rivals Borussia Dortmund on the final afternoon of the season last weekend.

Asked whether Kovac’s future at the club depended on the outcome of Saturday’s final against Leipzig, Rummenigge said: ‘It would be crazy to make it dependent on one game. That would be irresponsible.

‘After the Dusseldorf game we said: ‘We’ll pull through this now and stand behind Niko Kovac.’

‘And then we said we’ll sit down after the end of the season, analyse everything and then see how it goes on. We still firmly believe in that.’

He then added: ‘If I had a different opinion on Niko Kovac than [president] Uli Hoeness, then he would not be our coach.’