Spectacular change! Ex-Bayern talent signs with Mourinho - and gives Pep a violent basket

An ex-FC Bayern professional was very popular with two top English teams. Now he has decided on a Premier League club.

• A former talent from FC Bayern * has developed very well since he left.
• Now the ex-Bayern coach Pep Guardiola wants to guide his former player to Manchester City.
• But this has now decided on another club.

Update from August 12th: Now the deal is fixed! Former Bundesliga player Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg is moving from FC Southampton to London to  Tottenham Hotspur .

The 25-year-old midfielder signed a contract with the London club until 2025. According to media reports, the transfer fee for the ex-Munich player should be the equivalent of 16.6 million euros.

FC Bayern: Guardiola and Mourinho vie for ex-talent - he already played under Pep

Manchester / London - FC Bayern * let well-known players pull over the past few years, but they continue to develop positively after their time. A former jewel of the record champions * moved from Denmark to Munich in 2012 at the age of sixteen . After moving to the Premier League, he flourished - and has now moved into the focus of some top clubs, and his ex-coach Guardiola is also said to be interested.

Ex-Bayern talent for Guardiola? He became a Premier League star

The Dane Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg was always a substitute player at FC Bayern despite his excellent facilities, as he had little responsibility in the squad * as a young player in the star ensemble under Pep Guardiola *. For the now 24-year-old, after four years in Munich with two guest appearances at Schalke * and in Augsburg, there are only 25 competitive appearances for FCB in the Vita. He only played six times over the full ninety minutes.

But after moving to Southampton in 2015 , the central midfielder developed into an important pillar of his team, became the captain and is now the target of some top addresses, according to a report by the British Daily Record, Ajax Amsterdam , Tottenham Hotspur and even Manchester City will play  on the Danish international to be interested in.

Pep Guardiola goes head-to-head with Jose Mourinho over Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg signing. https://t.co/rXtQ7jT2h7 pic.twitter.com/whm7zGRBDU

Former FC Bayern professional Höjbjerg on the move to top club - Pep or Mourinho?

The newspaper reports that the team managers of the two English clubs, Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho , are ready to fight for Höjbjerg . The 24-year-old's contract expires in the summer of next year, he is said to have already approached Southampton with a change request. 

He told Sport1 , “I know what I want, the club knows it too. At some point I want to play at an even higher level than currently ”. He wanted to win the Premier League and the Champions League, he announced, which did not arouse enthusiasm for his coach Ralph Hasenhüttl - Höjbjerg was removed from the captain's armband shortly before the restart . So the signs are goodbye.

FC Bayern connection? That's why Höjbjerg could switch to Guardiola

“We had an agreement. I made it clear that if you decide not to renew your contract, you will not be the captain of this team, ”said the ex-Bundesliga * coach at a press conference.

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola, who should also be happy about the CAS judgment, could have a good chance of transferring Höjbjerg, as he was the then 17-year-old as Bayern coach * from Bayern's second team * to the Professionals pulled up. The Dane seemed underchallenged in the regional league and scored twelve goals for the Bayern amateurs in 44 appearances. Höjbjerg was recently replaced as Bayern's youngest Bundesliga player . * Meanwhile, Munich is apparently looking for reinforcements in the Premier League. An ex-Bayern professional now revealed how a conversation with Guardiola moved him to leave Munich - he later became a top star.

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A student learning from a master #tbt

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