Christian Falk says Lennart Karl is already drawing calls from England, even though Bayern München's people want to keep him. He says Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have seen that there is something going on around the teenager, and there have not been any talks over a new contract yet.
Bayern's stance on Karl
Falk's view is that the public noise around Uli Hoeneß should not be confused with the club's day-to-day position. He said the people involved in the daily business are very confident in Karl and want to keep him.
He also said calls have been made to find out what is happening with the player and whether anyone is not totally satisfied with him. Karl is valued at €60m [£50.1m], which puts him in the range of Premier League clubs if they want to go beyond checking the situation.
Why the interest has not gone away
The profile is obvious enough. Karl has made 6 Bundesliga appearances this season, 3 in the Champions League and 2 in the DFB-Pokal. He has one league goal, which is modest output, but it comes from a teenager still being handled carefully rather than a player locked into Bayern's starting XI.
That limited workload has not stopped rivals taking notice. Falk's reporting lines up with the wider sense that the teenager is still very much in play, even if Bayern's internal message is to keep him and let him develop.
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