Stephan van Nocks – the Bayer 04 Leverkusen correspondent for Germany’s Kicker Magazine – is presently reporting that the current German champions and the German record champions have reached a final agreement for the transfer of German national team defender Jonathan Tah. 

The deal with nevertheless not go through unless the sale of FCB central defender Matthijs de Ligt to Manchester United. Noussair Mazraoui’s move to United looks to be done, but the de Ligt transfer still requires work from both sides.