Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg has issued a couple of reports regarding Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck, a player Liverpool FC have been linked to over the past week.
The first directly addresses a potential pursuit from Liverpool:
The second report then links the 25-year-old German international to Bayern Munich:
Given that itâs Florian Plettenberg, the very definition of hit or miss, Iâm not very convinced Liverpool arenât interested. Given BILDâs previous reporting that Schlotterbeck wasnât considering an immediate extension, itâs just up to you on which mediocre source you choose to believe at this point.
As for Bayernâs interest, theyâre in the exact boat as Liverpool, with a centre-back entering free agency in the summer in Dayot Upamecano. There have also been murmurs for the past few years now that theyâve wanted to get rid of Kim Min-jae, and well, Schlotterbeck is German, so them throwing their hat into the ring isnât exactly hard to believe.
Dortmund may or may not be reluctant to sell another German international to Bayern (though it hasnât happened in quite a while now), so that could be another factor thatâll come into play.