Pep Guardiola has admitted that he would like to bring his former player Thiago Alcantara, to the Allianz Arena this summer.
The ex-Barcelona manager, says he has spoken to sporting director Matthias Sammer and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, amidst reports that the Bundesliga champions are now ahead of Manchester United, in the race to sign the Spain international.
“I have asked [Matthias] Sammer and [Karl-Heinz] Rummenigge to sign Thiago,” Guardiola said at a press conference.
“I don’t know what will happen in the future, but I would like to work with him at Bayern.
“I would like to sign Thiago because he is from Barcelona and I know him really well. I worked with him at Barcelona B as well and he is a really good player.
“[He] is the only player I want, that’s what I told them. It’ll be him or no one.
“We have many players but we the need the special [quality] that Thiago brings.
“The club will decide. I told them my opinion.
“I don’t think [adding another midfielder] will be a problem. I spoke to club about my concept and told them why I want Thiago.
“Nobody will leave Barcelona, unless they feel they won’t play much. He wants to play. That’s why I proposed him to the club.”
Thiago has a contract with the La Liga side till 2015, but has a release clause of €18million, after he did not get enough playing time last season. The fee increases to €90million on August 1.
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