FC Bayern: replacement for Harry Kane? Max Eberl clearly: “Not a money-getter”

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“Not a moneymaker”: Eberl answers the transfer question clearly

Updated 12/14/2024 – 10:41 p.mReading time: 8 minutes

Max Eberl: Bayern's sports director is not thinking about a new striker.Enlarge the image

Max Eberl: Bayern’s sports director is not thinking about a new striker. (Source: IMAGO/osnapix / Marcus Hirnschal)

FC Bayern Munich is the most successful football club in Germany. In our news ticker you will find all the important news about the record champions.

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Without Harry Kane, FC Bayern’s game has a problem. This was also seen against Mainz 05 (1:2). There was a lack of a passing point in the center of the attack, a “real center forward”. Nevertheless, sports director Max Eberl is not thinking about signing a replacement for the goalscorer.

“Because we think that we have a squad that has the quality to achieve the goals we have set ourselves,” said Eberl after the German soccer record champions’ first defeat of this Bundesliga season and added: “How As the saying goes: Bavaria isn’t a money-sucker either.”

Eberl admitted that FC Bayern had “great numbers”. “But we have great numbers because we always think economically.”

Saturday, December 14, 2024

In FC Bayern’s away game against 1. FSV Mainz 05, Munich coach Vincent Kompany changed his starting lineup (from 3:30 p.m. in the live ticker on t-online). There is a surprise: For Dayot Upamecano, Eric Dier moves into central defense alongside Min-jae Kim. Leon Goretzka has to make way for Aleksandar Pavlović in midfield.

This is how FC Bayern starts against Mainz:

Because Manuel Neuer has to take a break after his rib injury and Sven Ulreich is missing for personal reasons, Daniel Peretz was able to celebrate his debut in the Champions League with FC Bayern. The Israeli national goalkeeper stood between the posts against Shakhtar Donetsk (5:1). According to “Sport1”, the 24-year-old is celebrated as a hero in his home country.

No Israeli player has played at this level since Yossi Benayoun 15 years ago. Israeli television also reacted to the debut with great effort: a presenter was flown in specifically to comment on the game, reported Israeli journalist Arbel Eshet.

Friday, December 13, 2024

FC Bayern has canceled the preparatory game against SpVgg Greuther Fürth planned for the winter break. As the Munich team announced on Friday, the game originally scheduled for January 6th will not take place due to adjustments to the preparation as a result of the “changed personnel situation and the resulting load management”. The record champions are currently plagued by some personnel concerns, eight players are currently unavailable.

The test match at Red Bull Salzburg (from 6 p.m.), also scheduled for January 6th, should take place as planned. The Munich team will not be holding a training camp. In the first competitive game after the winter break, Bayern will visit Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga on January 11th (6:30 p.m.).


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Thursday, December 12, 2024

FC Bayern’s injury concerns appear to be increasing. As the “Bild” newspaper reports, two stars, Dayot Upamecano and Leon Goretzka, were missing from the record champions’ afternoon session on Thursday. It is therefore unclear whether both will be available for Saturday’s game against Mainz.

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