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The Big Interview: Dale Jennings – I just couldn’t turn down Bayern – I’d thought it was a joke at first!

It’s July 2011 and Dale Jennings has already established himself as one of the hottest properties in British football – and a shock move was just around the corner.

by
Jon Couch
7 June 2026

It’s July 2011 and Dale Jennings has already established himself as one of the hottest properties in British football.

Breaking into the Tranmere Rovers first team at the age of just 18, the former Liverpool trainee scored six goals in 32 appearances for his local club, winning the League One Apprentice of the Year award and attracting scouts from all over Europe to Prenton Park.
It was then he received a phone call which would change his world forever.
Not that he was convinced it was entirely genuine.
“In football, there’s a lot of banter going around, so when I heard Bayern Munich were i...

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