Schalke Director Denies Goretzka to Bayern Deal Done

So you’re telling me there’s a chance… Yesterday, word out of Germany via Sportbild and from Bundesliga experts Raphael Honigstein, Lee Price, and others was that Leon Goretzka had chosen Bayern Munich. It was a significant blow for the Reds as until then there had been rumblings he was leaning towards Jürgen Klopp and Anfield.

Today, there’s a sliver of hope from an unlikely source, as Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel says the player has not yet decided on his future—that Heidel believes if he had already chosen Bayern he would have first informed his current club that he would not be re-signing with them.

“Leon has not informed us that he has decided to leave,” Heidel, who late last month offered Goretzka a lucrative new deal to remain at Schalke, told Germany’s Sport1 whe...