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Bayern set to sign Juve teenager Coman: reports
German champions Bayern Munich are set to sign France Under-21 winger Kingsley Coman from Juventus, according to media reports on Saturday
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erman champions Bayern Munich are set to sign France Under-21 winger Kingsley Coman from Juventus, according to media reports on Saturday.
Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport and German daily Bild say a transfer sum of around 25 million euros ($27.95m) has been agreed for the 19-year-old, who is expected to arrive in Munich on Sunday for the obligatory medical check.
"Coman is leaving the club, it's his wish," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said Saturday without revealing the teenager's future employers.
The background to Munich's interest in Coman is that Bayern coach Pep Guardiola wants to have two fleet-footed wingers for this season's Champions League campaign, having exited the competition in the semi-finals for the last two years.
The Bavarians were robbed of pace out wide in the second half of last season when both wingers Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben went down with injuries.
There is no end in sight to Ribery's ankle injury misery and the 32-year-old has not played since March.
Just like Bayern's summer signing Douglas Costa, 24, Coman can play on either wing and the pair would be natural successors to Robben, 31, and former France international Ribery.(++++)
