Bayern Munich are taking a patient approach in the transfer market, but Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is hopeful the club can still arrange a deal to sign Manchester City's Leroy Sane.
The Bundesliga champions have already brought in Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez, the latter in a club-record €80 million ($90m, £72m) deal.
But further recruitments are needed, particularly with Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben having departed, and Bayern have so far been frustrated in their pursuit of the likes of Sane.
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Club chairman Rummenigge remains confident, though, content to maintain a watching brief for the time being.