1. He is not even a starter for us
2. If transfer banned next summer we could sell but not get in a replacement (Bayern may hold the cards after all)
3. He may want to leave (see 1)
4. No other clubs seem interested
Or
We are letting Bayern tap him up, securing the evidence and then hitting them hard with the regs.... (i can but dream - i remember Liverpool shitting themselves when Southampton threatened to do them over VVD... )
@Ric and myself have been repeatedly posting that there are different rules for what you call "tapping up" for English clubs
and the rest of FIFA (UEFA included).
That's why no English club is doing "tapping up" as it's not allowed to talk about interest for players at other clubs publically.
Well known example being Klopp/Southampton who obviouosly was unaware as a German where we don't know the English handling of "tapping up".
Me included until some weeks ago when I did my rules research.
FIFA (and UEFA) only and only forbid to contact a player without consent from his current club. That's all.
Of course that rule is rubbish, as you can contact any player via his agent or entourage or whoever.
But that's what it is.
And BM wouldn't care at all if City came out and say:
"Kimmich is a fantastic player, we want to have him at City, he would be our dream player,
it would be the best place for him to be and we can't wait to have him here."
It would be in line with existing rules (as BM is no PL club and FIFA rules are in place),
Kimmich would be honoured by City's interest and BM would just say "He 's not for sale."
That's all.
A player (maybe Leroy, we still don't know!) can only be "unsettled" by another club if something isn't right anyway.
In my view it's the player's responsibility alone if he turns his head. He isn't forced to choose any club.
City don't react on this so called "tapping up" because there is none (legally).
Txiki knows his business and the rules and doesn't react publically. Even if he is annoyed by media/twitter talk as all of us.
