Bayern keen on Declan Rice as Thomas Tuchel makes call to West Ham captain

Just give me a sense, and that smile is encouraging me, I have to say, give me a sense of what you know about Declan Rice and Bayern Munich. Yes, I don't know much, only that he should come to Munich. You see, beautiful weather, maybe he sees our programme right now, he knows, great city, come here, Declan Rice, they are waiting for them. I know that Thomas Tuchel had a phone call with him, I don't know what they were talking about, maybe about money, maybe about what he can expect here. Bayern is keen on him, they need a strong midfield defender, defensive midfielder like Declan Rice, but everybody knows that there are also a lot of other clubs interested in him, Arsenal maybe. What can I tell you, I'm here right in the city of Munich, behind me is the superstore of Bayern Munich. They don't sell the jersey yet from Declan Rice, but maybe soon. That would be very optimistic. Talking of money earlier, discussions about whether it would be about 120 million pounds if West Ham were to part with Declan Rice. Could Bayern afford that? Well, he has only one more year contract, they could afford it, they're thinking about keeping it below 100 million, but I know that it will be, that's no special price for Bayern Munich. They know that they have to look at their account very closely, but I think they can afford it. What about Joao Cancelo, obviously spent the second part of the season on loan with Manchester City, but didn't feature as much under Thomas Tuchel. Is he likely to head back to city, do you think? Well, he goes back to city, there is a simple reason. By the way, right here there was the celebration, the big championship party, and he got the most of the fans, the most applause. One of the guys was Cancelo, because he is such a spectacular football player. But overall, I think it's not helping Bayern very much, they have the feeling. And first of all, or most important, he's just too expensive. I think City wants about 70 million euros for him, that's way too much. Let's talk about Borussia Dortmund earlier, it was an incredible final day in the Bundesliga, wasn't it? And such a shame when Dortmund were missing, or losing the game rather, not to be able to call on Jude Bellingham. How bad is that injury? It seems to be, it's not very bad, but it's bad. He needs a little knee injury, he has the meniscus, I think it's ligaments, or something in English, the right term. There is a little operation necessary, as far as we know right now. But the deal is set anyway to Real Madrid, but maybe for the English national team, for the Three Lions, the opportunity that he can play there is not very high. Just finally, quickly, tell us about Jörg Schmatka, and what he'll give Liverpool as their new sporting director. Yeah, great guy, great guy. He looks always not talking, he doesn't like to talk very much. And one thing is, everywhere where he becomes a manager, a sporting director, the coach was fired after half a year, three months, maybe a year. So I don't think that will happen to Jürgen Klopp, because Jürgen Klopp, I think, was the guy behind this move from Schmatka. He is very experienced, he has a good sense of humour, and he knows how to treat players. I think that's what Liverpool needs. Uli, great to speak to you this morning, thank you very much.