Football – FC Bayern wants to rely on talents increasingly

This summer it was often about ages when talking about Bayern Munich. Most of the time, judgments were made that did not sound flattering. Quite old, too old or too expensive for his age, it said. What was meant was the king’s transfer Luis Díaz, who soon celebrates his 29th birthday. Depending on the successes, the Munichers should have to transfer a transfer between 67.5 and 75 million euros to the left wing to FC Liverpool.

Opposite trend

Díaz has contributed to the fact that the average age in the Munich team of 26.4 years in the Bundesliga is currently only exceeded by SC Freiburg at the age of 27. But firstly, this is also due to outliers such as 39-year-old goalkeeper Manuel Neuer-and secondly, it is deceptive of a opposing trend in the record champions’ squad.

A new young wave of predominantly German talents can be identified at Bayern. At the age of 20, Tom Bishop, brought from Hoffenheim, is just as much a part of his 20 years younger midfield colleague Lennart Karl and 19-year-old Paul Wanner. Most recently, the 18-year-old center striker Jonah Kusi-Asare also drew attention to himself with a pretty Schlenzer for the 4-0 in the friendly against Tottenham Hotspur. Karl had scored 3-0, also by Schlenzer.

Young team in the professional squad

The team also includes two 22-year-olds with goalkeeper Jonas Urbig and offensive star Jamal Musial; A year younger is midfielder Aleksandar Pavlović, a year older right winger Michael Olise from France. And if the transfer poker around Stuttgart striker Nick Woltemade really picks up swing again and even flipped into a transfer of 23-year-old to Bayern, the Munich-based company would have almost an entire youth team together.

Incidentally, the average age would also drop because wing players Kingsley Coman should be on Al-Nassr before saying goodbye to Saudi Arabia, where Cristiano Ronaldo also counts his money. FC Bayern waves 30 million euros for the Frenchman. The salary of 17 million, which was supposedly saved, could also be used to increase the offers for Woltemade previously rejected by VfB Stuttgart. The Swabians also know that, which is why Alexander Wehrle signaled willingness to negotiate. “If you absolutely want to hire a player, you would have to be able to achieve a solution during this time,” said VfB CEO on Monday evening. “We play the Supercup on Saturday. Everything should be clarified by the kick -off at the latest. “After the game against Bayern, Woltemade was” unsalable “.

Noise in the game

What many interpreted as an ultimatum was more of an appeal: if so, please quickly submit a new offer to quickly handle the transfer. In Stuttgart, they are annoyed by the long -term theater around Woltemade. But you also know that the transfer window will only be closed on September 1st and until then there is constantly threatening noise in the game after the issue has already extended through the preparation. “It is now a distance of six and a half weeks. At some point it is good, «said Wehrle.

At FC Bayern, the talents are also interested in how the club acts on Comans. First of all, this increases your chances of operations. This applies above all to the highly gifted Karl. The young chief Jochen Sauer recently attested a “brilliant ball guide” to the 1.69 meter small dribbler – “his degree is outstanding”. Karl is said to be planned as an Olises back-up and always get minuteers.

Outgrading costs

For Bishop, Leon Goretzka’s competitor, this applies even more. As early as March 2022, he had given his Bundesliga debut at the age of 16 and 263 days as the youngest Hoffenheimer. He now has the experience of 71 professional games for Hoffenheim and Bayern. He also came to his first mission in the national team of national coach Julian Nagelsmann in June. And even Wanner has “a huge option,” said Bavaria’s sports director Max Eberl after his loan stations Elversberg and Heidenheim due to Musiala’s months of failure. However, it is being slowed down by a ligament injury.

It is clear that the new young wave is forced by the club. Trainer Vincent Kompany should also give talents more opportunities on the transfer market because of the excessive costs to create their own values. The debate about the age of the expensive royal transfer was also reminiscent of this goal.