Bayern Munich’s third-choice keeper Maximilian Riedmüller is set to join the Blues on trial during pre-season. The 24-year-old has been a regular for Bayern’s second string for the last two years but is yet to make an appearance for the first team, although he has been on their bench.
Riedmüller was with youth sides FV Hansa Neuhausen and TSV Forstenried before playing his first senior football with SV Heimstetten in the 2007/08 season in the Bayernliga (regionalised fifth tier).
The 6ft 2in tall keeper joined Bayern in 2008 and was in and out of their second team - which plays in the German lower leagues - during his first two seasons.
Munich-born Riedmüller established himself with the reserves side in 2010/11 in 3 Liga (third tier) and as a result was handed a professional contract and a place in the senior squad.
He continued as a regular with the second team last season, captaining the side led by former German international Mehmet Scholl as they finished 14th in the Regionalliga Süd (fourth tier). Riedmüller is contracted to Bayern until June 2013 but seems likely to move on this summer.