5 potential replacements for Lewandowski at Bayern Munich

#1 Timo Werner (RasenBallsport Leipzig & Germany)

Young, brilliant & German; Werner ticks all the boxes for Bayern if Lewandowski leaves

If Lewandowksi is truly serious about leaving for sunny Madrid and if the Bayern board can come to an agreement with Real supremo Florentino Perez, it is almost expected that the Leipzig forward will be the prime target.

The 21-year-old German international has quickly established himself as a deadly striker with 21 goals in RB Leipzig’s debut Bundesliga season, which helped them secure Champions League football at their very first attempt.

His strengths include predatory finishing, searing pace, quick thinking and a superb ability to hold up the ball and bringing others into play.

Timo’s performances in an amazing season for Die Roten Bullen as Leipzig led to an overwhelming chorus for a call-up to Die Mannschaft where, as the arrowhead of a group of young and not-fully-established players, the team rose above all expectations and won the Confederations Cup in Russia in 2017.

The 21-year-old was front and centre at the tourney, scoring three and assisting two goals; he won the tournament’s Golden Boot. A shy, unassuming presence off the pitch, he is the favourite to step into the Miroslav Klose-shaped hole that the national team has been struggling to fill.

Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge & sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic should expect to be engaged in tough negotiations with Leipzig's sporting director, Ralf Ragnick, and any bid for a player, who has already scored 19 goals and made 5 assists this season would certainly be a Bayern Munich & Bundesliga record as certain other suitors have reportedly told he would cost £87m.