BAYERN MUNICH are planning a major South American takeover to help stop the Premier League's transfer dominance.
The German giants have regularly been pipped to exciting young talents by their English counterparts or Spanish duo Real Madrid and Barcelona.
And now ESPN report the Bundesliga side want to make their mark in the South American market to snap up players.
It is understood Bayern are in talks with Uruguayan club River Plate over an alliance.
The aim would be to be sister clubs, enabling the Bavarians to have their own talent pool to develop rising stars ahead of a move to Europe.
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Talks over a ten-to-15-year partnership are said to still be ongoing following the approach by a Uruguayan living in Germany.
Bayern would take the lead and oversee the first-division Uruguayan club, including their youth, women's and futsal teams.
The 2020 Champions League winners already have links with Los Angeles FC in the MLS.
And therefore they are keen to extend their influence across North and South America by adding River Plate to their 'family' of clubs.
The additional investment would also help balance the books of the Montevideo side, who would then have intentions of competing higher up the league table as title challengers.
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Manchester City are part of a similar but far bigger and wider-scale model.
The City Football Group also owns clubs in New York, Melbourne, Japan, Uruguay, Spain, China, India, Belgium, France, Italy and Brazil.
However, the likes of Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior and Endrick have all signed as teenagers from Brazil for Real Madrid in recent years, demonstrating the pulling power of the 14-time European champions.