I can “understand” why Liverpool targets Thiago Alcantara are keen to move to the Premier League, said Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick.
Thiago wants to leave the club and be looking for a fresh opportunity elsewhere, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, president of the German club, stated last week.
Although this summer Paris Saint-Germain can also bid £36 m for the midfielder, Liverpool is the strong favorite to sign Spain international.
Flick has accepted that in the coming weeks he will have a good chance of losing one of his star men, with only one year left on his Bayern contract.
“I can understand when a player thinks about a move,” he told Sport1. “Thiago has played for FC Barcelona in Spain and for FC Bayern Munchen in Germany.”
“If he wants to play in the Premier League now, I totally understand. But it would be a pity because Thiago gives us that certain extra.”
“That’s what I’d like to keep him for the next few years as a coach, but that’s life. It goes on.”
