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Bayern Munich are bracing themselves for a battle to keep hold of their star attacker Robert Lewandoski next summer as the Pole looks to play for another big European side.
Lewandoski has been in fine form for Bayern over the past few seasons after he joined them from rivals Borussia Dortmund, but he recently changed his agent to the notorious Pini Zahavi as he looks to sign for another top European side.
Bayern Munich do not want to sell and they don’t need to, but the Bavarians are bracing themselves for the worst and they would find it hard to turn down a big money offer for the 30 years old.
According to Marca via Sun Sport, however, Bayern Munich has identified Tottenham’s Harry Kane as a possible replacement for Lewandoski and they would try to sign him when the Polish attacker leaves them.
They also want RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner and they consider the German an easier option to get, but they would only move for Werner when they cannot get Kane.
Kane would likely cost them in excess of $200 million if he continues his impressive form in front of goal.
Following their disappointing loss to Gillingham a couple of weeks back, Portsmouth needed a win to get their Playoff hopes back on track and that they did with a win away over Oldham the last time out. They are now 5 points behind the 6th position and they need to regularly get the three points if they want to maintain their promotion hopes.
Oxford United was another team that would have been thinking of winning promotion or at least finishing the season inside the Playoff spots when the season began, but their form so far means they would not even be able to make it to the Playoffs.
They had gone on a run of 5 matches without a win, before the last time out as they secured a win over Peterborough. They have also confirmed Karl Robinson as their new manager, he would be looking to set them up for a good end to the season and potentially push for promotion in the next campaign.
These two sides have very little that separates them at the moment and when they are at their best creatively, Oxford is probably the better side among the two, but home advantage and that recent win should give Pompey some edge here.
The Whitecaps saw their unbeaten start to the season end in a cruel manner last weekend as they were outclassed at the Mercedez-Benz Arena by Atlanta United 4-1, however, they should not allow that dampened their spirit after winning their first two games of the season, and they should be targeting another win in this game.
Although they beat both Houston Dynamos and Montreal Impact before their loss to Atlanta, there seem to be some defensive issues that need to be sorted out as they have failed to keep a clean sheet in each of their games this season, conceding 6 goals in 3 matches, while netting 5.
LA Galaxy made a statement with the capture of Zlatan Ibrahimovic this week, while the Swede would not be ready for action yet for this game, that would have boosted their team’s morale.
The Galaxies had a shocking season the last time out as they failed to deal with the loss of some key players to injuries and transfers, finishing the season as rock-bottom. They started the season with a 2-1 win over Portland Timbers but failed to follow that up with another win as they lost to NYCFC. They are faced with yet more injury concerns as they chase their second win of the season, with Alessandrini, Jonathan Dos Santos, and Giovani Dos Santos all out of this game with injuries.
LA Galaxy have 1 win, 3 losses and 2 draws from their last six games with the Whitecaps.