What happened to Dale Jennings after former Tranmere Rovers player’s £1.8m move to Bayern Munich

It was at Tranmere’s iconic Raby Vale training ground where one of the most remarkable transfers in football history sparked into life.

Dale Jennings remembers the training session in the summer of 2011 that changed his career forever.

“Tranmere manager Les Parry called me in during a session and said ‘I just had someone from Bayern Munich on the phone,” he told SPORTbible in 2019. “I just started laughing because he’s a bit of a joker, but he was being deadly serious.”

The 18-year-old midfielder, who burst onto the scene that season after coming through the youth ranks, was attracting interest from a host of Premier League clubs, including Everton, West Ham and Watford.

But on July 13, 2011, he secured a dream move to Germany’s biggest club in a deal worth around £1.8 million.

“I didn’t know what I was getting myself in for until I was on the plane, on my own and on the way to Munich,” he recalled.