Bayern Munich new boy Niklas Sule is 'convinced' the quality he is showing at Hoffenheim will force him into the picture at Germany's biggest club this summer.

Bayern splashed £21million on Sule, 21, in January in a deal to take the centre back and team-mate Sebastian Rudy from Hoffenheim at the end of the season.

For some, the prospect of edging out world-class rivals like Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng and Javi Martinez would be daunting. Sule, though, is certain he will get game time.

Niklas Sule is confident of playing time when he completes his £21m move to Bayern Munich

The emerging Germany international backs himself to break through at the Allianz Arena next season.

'I would not have made the move had I not been convinced I will get a lot of playing time and succeed,' Sule told Bild. 'Bayern Munich play a lot of games each season.

'It does not matter to me what other people say and think. What matters is how my friends and family feel.'

Hoffenheim have been a surprise package in the Bundesliga this season, gatecrashing the top of the table where they sit behind Bayern, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund.

Sule believes he will be fit in when he leaves Hoffenheim for the Allianz Arena in the summer

They were unbeaten until the end of January when they lost in Leipzig, the longest run by any team in Europe's top five leagues this season.

Sule has started all but one of their games this campaign under Julian Nagelsmann.

He made his senior debut for Germany's national side in August.