'I Would To See Bayern Munich Sign Mane, Lukaku'

Bayern Munich great Lothar Matthaus wants to see his old club to raid the Premier League to rebuild their attack.

Matthaus is backing Bayern’s move for Liverpool striker Sadio Mane, though is also urging them to bid for Chelsea centre-forward Romelu Lukaku.

“I would recruit Romelu Lukaku if a deal was financially feasible,” he told BILD.

“Lukaku and Mané for Lewandowski and Gnabry, if Serge were to leave the club. It would be quality and charisma.

“With that attack, Bayern would not have to hide from any team.”

Recall that Matthäus held the record (along Mexican goalkeeper Antonio Carbajal) of having played in five FIFA World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998); more than any other outfield player in men’s football, until the 2018 World Cup, in which Mexico’s Rafael Márquez equalled his record, and holds the record for the most World Cup matches played by a single player (25 games).

He also won UEFA Euro 1980, and played in the 1984, 1988 and 2000 UEFA European Championships. In 1999, aged 38, Matthäus was again voted German Footballer of the Year, having previously won the award in 1990.

A versatile and complete player, Matthäus is regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and was renowned for his perceptive passing, positional sense, well-timed tackling, as well as powerful shooting. During his career, he usually played as a box-to-box midfielder, although late in his career he played as a sweeper.