Costa will go back, pretty much all Of our loaned out youngsters will return. We’ve got a couple young backers signed on pre-contracts. I wouldn’t expect any huge signings tho
Pardon me for struggling to ever feel bad for Bayern. Your depth in the league is, comparatively, unmatched.
Kinda meh. He came on late and picked up a quick yellow. He’s fast as hell tho but the card kept him from letting loose.
Two takeaways from today: Sarr is the worst defender on our roster. He was surprisingly good at winger today. Thiago Dantas was really good today. He looks like a child on the pitch tho.
Also, Musiala is an absolute superstar in the making. He’s everything I wanted Zirkzee to be, if only Zirkzee had his work ethic.
When things are good, the “Bayern way” is great. When they aren’t good the German media is like fucking sharks in the chummy water, especially when they have their built in sound bite, Lothar Mathaus, to fuel the fire.
I’m starting to see legit outlets running with the Hansi to DFB rumors now. Leipzig set a 15-20 mil price tag on Nagelsmann and apparently have a successor lined up.
Now that Euros are over and the club season is around the corner, it’s about time for our Bayern state of the union update: Injury list: As per usual, the international teams broke some starters. Phonzie and Lucas Hernandez both tore ligaments and will miss extended time. This is going to give Omar Richards and Chris Richards (no relation to former Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner) plenty of first team minutes to show what they’ve got. Nagelsmann has also shown at Hoffenheim and Leipzig that he’s not afraid of playing young pros or junior team players if he feels they can contribute. #WarChest: It’s no secret that we have a transfer budget of exactly zero dollars because of lost income from covid. The bosses literally can’t make a statement without mentioning it. Traditionally, the club will not take out loans to finance transfer activity and relies solely on previous year profit and revenue from player sales. Players that are actively being shopped are Tolisso, Cuisance, Fein, Lars Lukas Mai, Zirkzee, Sarr, maybe Sule (although he may also extend his contract). The elephant in the room is Coman. The club wants to extend his contract but his father wants him in the EPL. He also wants 20mil a year after taxes, similar to what Alaba wanted (Pini Zahavi for both) and it’s not going to happen. Zahavi leaked all this to the media because that’s his move and why he’s not allowed on the club grounds. Club responded by putting a ridiculous 100mil valuation on Coman, knowing nobody will pay that. The risk is letting him walk, ala Alaba, so I think that’s going to get walked back on. Even with Coman, the team needs another winger, a defensive mid (which really irks me as they sold Niklas Dortsch and are shopping Mai who could both fill that void but Ancelotti and Heynkes were both fervently against playing junior squad players), and RB/RWB like everyone else in the world. Any purchases would have to wait until someone is sold and I’m pretty sure that won’t happen given the economic situation in pretty much every league. New CEO: As of July 1, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge retired as CEO and was replaced by Bayern and Germany legend Oliver Kahn. One of the major changes will be a renewed emphasis on identifying, developing and utilizing the academy system. I think they’ve seen the success of BVB and Leipzig in scouting and development and are overhauling the whole system.
Training with the first team at 15 hasn’t happened since Schweinsteiger and Kroos and even Kroos was 16
The fifth star over the crest is fly. I don’t remember that ugly ass pattern on the renderings but it’s awful. Shorts and socks are fine.
Yep. He’s been on the hot seat for half assing training and during the entirety of his loan to Parma. They sent him back early. Nagelsmann has everyone’s slate wiped clean but Zirkzee and Cuisance are both proving their detractors right.
Didn’t realize the SuperCup win came with €3.5 million. I’m hoping this deal gets done before the window closes, especially if it includes Cuisance as a throw in
BFF’s Kimmich and Goretzka both extended with healthy raises. According to the German press, Bayern is transitioning back to trying to keep the German international players in country. Unfortunately we’re poor because of Covid or we’d allegedly be going after Wirtz, Baku and Neuhaus. Allegedly. Having seen Brazzo in action recently, we’ll most certainly be getting none of them.