“I don’t like Thomas Tuchel”: €60 million player would rather sign for Arsenal than to accept new proposals from Baryen Munich

Bayern Munich will not sign Fulham midfielder Joao Palhinha in January, Fabrizio Romano has announced.

The Portuguese international made a big impression during his time in the Premier League with Fulham, and Romano is reassessing his situation after coming close to leaving Fulham for Bayern this summer.

Speaking to CaughtOffside in his exclusive Daily Briefing column, Romano explained that Palhinha is now too expensive for Bayern, who are instead focusing on other targets for this January.

Romano went on to say that we will now have to see if this means Palhinha will try to sign for another English club instead, having previously told CaughtOffside that Arsenal admired the 28-year-old.

If Bayern are no longer in the game, this could be an opportunity for Arsenal to strengthen their midfield, as Thomas Partey has proved to be very injury-prone recently.

Romano said of Palhinha’s situation: “Joao Palhinha will not join Bayern Munich in the January transfer window. We know that he was almost a Bayern player on transfer deadline day this summer before the deal fell through – Bayern decided to keep monitoring the player because they still like and value Palhinha. But now the deal will not happen because he is considered too expensive.