Bayern agree deal for Rennes teenager Tel
FC Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann (L) looks on during a training session ahead of friendly pre-season match against Manchester City FC at Lambeau Field on July 22, 2022 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. July 23 game will be first ever international soccer event at the historic Lambeau Field home of 13-Time NFL Champion Green Bay Packers. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
Bayern
Munich have agreed a deal in principle to sign 17-year-old Rennes forward
Mathys Tel, who coach Julian Nagelsmann hopes will "one day score 40 goals
a season".
Tel,
who has played for France's under-18 team, made seven brief substitute
appearances for Rennes in Ligue 1 last season.
"I
have a vision that he'll one day score 40 goals a season," Nagelsmann said
during the Bundesliga champions' pre-season tour of the United States.
"But
if he scores 10 goals this season, we'll be very happy."
The
clubs have not yet officially announced the transfer, which media reports
suggest could be worth up to 28.5 million euros ($29.1 million) after add-ons.
"We're
looking for young players that we can develop into world-class players, and he
could be one of those," Nagelsmann added.
Bayern
have already signed Sadio Mane from Liverpool, Dutch centre-back Matthijs de
Ligt from Juventus and Ajax pair Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui in the
close season.
The
Bavarian giants face RB Leipzig in the German Super Cup next weekend before
opening their Bundesliga title defence at Eintracht Frankfurt on August 5.
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