Bayern Munich have to pass Eric Garcia test in Man City talks for Kyle Walker

The last time Bayern Munich were chasing a Manchester City player, things didn't go smoothly between the clubs.

Negotiations over Leroy Sane broke down to the extent that Bayern bosses had to apologise for their manager at the time Niko Kovac publicly assuming that they would sign the player, and then anger in Munich that Sane had been selected to start the Community Shield for City turned to concern from all parties after the player suffered cruciate ligament damage. It would be more than a year before Sane would belatedly move to Bayern, and the Germans had to say sorry again after prematurely announcing the signing without letting City know.

As well as finding out this summer what Pep Guardiola discovered two years ago that assurances that Harry Kane could sign for you are not the same thing as Daniel Levy selling him, Bayern are interested in signing Kyle Walker. A quirk of the calendar means that the two teams are in Tokyo to play each other on Wednesday, when Walker could captain the Blues as he did in their first friendly of the trip.

Relations between the two clubs are better now and they worked together when Joao Cancelo moved on loan to the Bundesliga champions in January. Even if the press conferences around the friendly have the potential for rogue reporters as Tottenham found recently, City will not oppose Walker a move if the price is good enough despite their generous contract offer making him think hard about his decision.

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The price is difficult to gauge; on the one hand, it is a 33-year-old with just one year remaining on his contract but on the other City would be losing a lot of minutes and leadership if they were to