Christopher Scott is likely to leave FC Bayern this summer after two and a half years. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder has been linked with Fortuna Dusseldorf for some time and the transfer is underway, according to a report by “Rheinische Post” from Friday just before graduation. Almost at the same time, the “sports picture”that Royal Antwerp had gotten into the poker game and Scott was headed to Belgium instead. Also sky confirmed this shortly thereafter.
According to the magazine, Scott was persuaded by former Wolfsburg coach Mark van Bommel, who will join the Jupiler Pro League club on July 1. The native of Cologne would have turned down a contract extension in Munich for three years and is moving to Antwerp on a free transfer, it is said.
In addition to the future employer, it is also questionable whether leaving the company for free would be possible at all. Scott, who came from Bayer 04 Leverkusen in winter 2020, was officially set to have a contract until 2022, but according to media reports, the record champions had recently taken an option to extend the contract on Säbener Straße by another year. The “Rheinische Post” also mentions that fact and writes of a “breakthrough in the negotiations” with FC Bayern – presumably about the transfer fee to be paid.
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U20 national player Scott played in 24 regional league games for the Munich amateurs last season, scoring seven goals and six assists. Armindo Sieb (19, Greuther Fürth) and Marvin Cuni (20, 1. FC Saarbrücken) left the U23s on Friday.
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