Benfica Central, which recently renewed contract with the eagles, has not left Bayern Munich's agenda. Bavarian giant can advance through Thomas Araújo in the summer of 2027, if it solves some internal issues.
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26/09/2026
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O Bayern Munich continues to follow closely Thomas Araújo, who was on the agenda of the German giant in the summer transfer market that ended early this September. The information was advanced this Saturday by German journalist Christian Falk, who collaborates with the German newspaper BILD, on the Bayern Insider program.
The same source also guarantees that the Bavarian class will have already set the conditions to advance into a possible business to take the power plant out to Benfica... which will only be taking shape next summer.
“ Bayern knows very well the player who has been on his list for a long time. And if you go to the market, you can be one of the players to consider, in case they sell Min-jae Kim ", said the journalist who specializes in matters related to the transfer market.
Despite the strong interest, Christian Falk said that the chronic German champion only sees the international for Portugal as a possibility for 2027. Bayern Munich has also defined a plan to recruit the 24-year-old player from Benfica.
The whole of Bavaria admits to investing around 30 million euros in hiring the current player of the incarnates. However, Tomás Araújo is not, for the moment, a priority of Bayern, which first intends to resolve the situation of the current excess of plants in the squad.
The German Jonathan Tah and the French Dayot Upamecan are, by now, the holders of the defensive axis of the team that is led by the Belgian Vincent Kompany. In addition to this two, Mik Min-jae, Korean central, and also Hiroki Ito, Japanese player, are the other options to occupy the central position. A possible arrival of Thomas Araújo in Bavaria would imply the departure of one of these two elements. Only after this issue has been resolved can Thomas Araújo's dossier be advanced.
On the Benfica side, the eagles have a very strong negotiating position. The incarnates sold António Silva to Bournemouth last summer, so they certainly should not be interested in losing another center in the near future.
It should be noted that Tomás Araújo recently renewed a contract with Benfica until June 2031 and even lowered the termination clause, but the value remains very high: 80 million.
Portuguese has been one of the key pieces for Marco Silva at this time and forms Benfica's central duo with French Clément Lenglet. Tomás Araújo won 11 of the 12 games he has already played in this season, having only failed the double round against St. Gallen, the second pre-elimination of access to the single league phase of the Europa League, as he was an unused alternate in both rounds. He left the bank in the eagle tie at Hearts' house.