Bengaluru, May 22: Liverpool are weighing up a summer move for Werder Bremen striker Max Kruse, but could face competition from Bayern Munich, according to reports in Germany.
The Reds have experienced an excellent season so far and could end it by being crowned champions of Europe on June 1 after missing out on the Premier League title by a point.
However, there’s always room for improvement and most fans expect them to make their squad stronger in the summer.
A lavish summer spend a year ago, partly balanced by Philippe Coutinho’s £142million move to Barcelona in January 2018, saw Liverpool spend over £150m on Alisson Becker, Fabinho, Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri
Meanwhile they also secured a club-record £75m deal for influential centre-back Virgil van Dijk at the same time as Coutinho’s departure.
However, sadly for the fans there will reportedly be no repeat of such expenditure because they don’t have enough funds to do so. Although, the Reds have earned the second highest revenue this term followed by Manchester City, it is believed that their board will not spend much this term.
As per reports, Liverpool will only have around £20 million to spend in the transfer market this summer and that is to do only smaller deals.
So, the Premier League giants have been looking for cheap deals and Kruse's situation now has attracted Jurgen Klopp's side to make their move.
ℹ️ #Max Kruse will leave the club at the end of the season.
— SV Werder Bremen EN (@werderbremen_en) May 17, 2019
Thanks for three great years, Max! 💚#werder pic.twitter.com/FHmJMXqE1M
Bayern are interested in signing Max Kruse as Lewandowski backup. The striker will be a free agent this summer. Liverpool have also enquired about him [@Plettigoal] pic.twitter.com/SXGgpLIcmd
— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) May 20, 2019