Jurgen Klopp has given the green light to Operation Thiago. The German coach gave the order to go for the Bayern Munich midfielder who, according to Bild, He would have accepted the offer that the English team have put on the table to change the red of the Bavarians for the Merseyside painting.
Now, it is the understanding between clubs. From the top of Bayern they agree to sell Thiago, although it is important for Flick. The player has refused to renew and with less than a year of contract with Bayern, from Bavaria they want to look for a sale for this transfer period. According to Bild, Liverpool would have raised a first offer of 20 million for San Pietro Vernotico. Bayern would demand around double (39-40 million). A sale that would still be below the market price of the Spanish-Brazilian environment, valued at 48 million according to Transfermarkt.
At Bayern they hope to sell Thiago to try to get a reinforcement at a good price at a time when the market is going down and to study with ease the rest of the cases opened in their midfield, such as Corentin Tolisso or Javi Martínez, whose continuity is not 100% insured.
After the German publication assured that its future was complicated, Liverpool aims to be its final destination. Under Klopp's orders, he will offer a totally different profile from those that the German team now has with a midfielder with more physical presence, work and ball output from behind (Fabinho) or more box to box (Wijnaldum). The German would have decided on Thiago looking for an organizer, connoisseur of the rhythm of German football, who would serve him both as a pitcher and to break well-organized defenses when they had to attack in static.
At 29 years old, Thiago Alcántara has confirmed himself as one of the best midfielders in Europe. This season has been key with both Kovac and Flick, although a groin injury prevented him from participating more in this final leg of the Bundesliga. The Champions League appears as the last tournament that could face dressed in red muniqués. Klopp wants him at Anfield.