Kieran Trippier was enjoying the Premier League’s mini winter break in January with a trip to New York City when his phone started to heat up unexpectedly.
“It was actually crazy,” he recalled. “I was in New York and I got woke up at five o'clock saying Bayern Munich want to sign you. I was like, ‘Well, this is a bit random.’”
Struggling Bayern were keen to bolster their squad with more reliable England players. Harry Kane had of course joined, and Eric Dier had been signed on loan in January and now they wanted another Tottenham alumni in Trippier.
