The Champions League profitable facet is keen to hijack Manchester United's shift for the midfielder as the club's new mentor is a eager admirer of the 22-calendar year-aged.

Bayern Munich mentor Pep Guardiola has admitted he has questioned sporting director Matthias Sammer and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge to indication Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara.

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The Spain intercontinental to begin with appeared destined to shift to Manchester United, but a variety of modern stories advise Bayern is now foremost the race to indication the 22-calendar year-aged.

Guardiola has now verified die Roten are eager to entice the playmaker to the Allianz Arena, despite the fact that he was not able to give any clarity on the position of the Bavarians' desire.

"I have questioned [Matthias] Sammer and [Karl-Heinz] Rummenigge to indication Thiago," Guardiola explained at a push conference. "I don't know what will happen in the future, but I would like to work with him at Bayern.

"I would like to indication Thiago because he is from Barcelona and I know him really well. I worked with him at Barcelona B as well and he is a really good player."

The manager went on to say that his wish list for players started and ended with his former forward.

"[He] is the only player I want, that's what I told them. It'll be him or no one," he explained. "We have many players but we the need the special [quality] that Thiago brings. The club will decide. I told them my opinion. I don't think it will be a problem. I spoke to club about my concept and told them why I want Thiago.

âNobody will leave Barcelona, unless they feel they won't play much. He wants to play. That's why I proposed him to the club.â

The midfielder has a contract with the Catalan club until the summer of 2015, but the failure to participate for a stipulated amount of minutes in 2012-13 has seen his exit clause plummet from 90 million euros to an attractive 18 million euros.

However, his minimum fee release clause returns to 90 million euros on Aug. 1.