No, I’m not going with you.
If Tah is the one who would have been better than everyone else, then you don’t skimp on the most important center back. Especially not after the past season. Then you don’t actually have to wait for a season because of the few million. After a season like this you want to catapult yourself to the top in terms of sport and at this point it doesn’t matter about EUR 5 or 10 million. Not anymore in today’s world of transfers.
In the eyes of Bayern, Tah was just a bonus player who could be dispensed with this year. And with that he would have moved to Munich weakened. And such thoughts must also occur to him after the hesitant commitment. You could have signed him first if he had been at the top of the priority and then waited for Ito to sell. But the decision was made the other way around and the importance ranking shows that.
It’s a fairy tale that the negotiations were made difficult because Carro screwed up. On the one hand, Carro is not involved in the negotiations, but Simon Rolfes. There are no points of contact at all. And on the other hand, this is business and Eberl is traveling on behalf of FC Bayern. If he were to sulk as a private individual and let necessary transfers fail, he would be harming his employer. The fact that Eberl made another attempt last Thursday shows that this is not the case. It doesn’t work like that in the adult world. These are more like fan fairy tales.
The problem or error in thinking is that you are now throwing everything into one pot. You asked whether Tah believed that he would play an important role there. And now it’s about whether the Bayern board or Eberl or Kompany believe that he would have been the most important player. There is certainly no universal truth, just different subjective assessments.
According to kicker, Tah was by far the best IV. Placed in the German nation and the only team on equal terms with Spain. Leverkusen were unbeaten in the BL and became champions. Top 4 players in the BL according to kicker and rated significantly better than Anton (Stuttgart) and all the Bayern players. I think everyone has noticed that Kim hasn’t (yet?) been able to build on his performances from Italy. Tah was 2.53. De Ligt at 3.26. Kim at 3.50. Upamecano 3.52. Even Kane (2.75) and Musiala (2.95) don’t come close. Even if there are people who put Leverkusen’s performance into perspective (it’s not Munich, different pressure, Alonso factor, easier in a functioning team, etc.). Nevertheless, the data provides enough reasons to BELIEVE that Tah would have been the best IV at Bayern. And Tah himself will believe in himself as an athlete anyway.
Unfortunately, I can no longer assign exactly when the statement came from Hoeneß or the supervisory board. Bavaria had already spent 142 million. On the income side there was probably 13 million (Tillman, Sieb). A temporary minus of almost 130 million plus tah and you would have ended up in the minus 165 million range. Bayern’s infamous fixed-term deposit account is said to have only been 80 million in May (before the transfer period).
And now you have de Ligt, Upamecano, Kim, Dier and Ito. Nominally 5 people, with Tah it would be 6. When it comes to salaries, you also have De Ligt (16 million), Kim (12-17 million), Upamecano (10-16 million), Dier (6 million), Ito (?) at least 3 top earners in there. Hoeneß’s announcement had a solid effect. It felt like Eberl could get every player at Leipzig after generating 230 million in transfer income. And with the big Bavarians there are also limits.
Taken individually, it’s not the 35 million transfer for one of the best IVs in the league. I think you have to see it in context. 35 million for one of the best IVs, but if you already have 3 previously highly rated IVs in the squad, a decent backup in Dier and then Ito was added and you currently have a transfer loss of 130 million. It could certainly have been discussed beforehand whether it wouldn’t have been better to bring in Tah instead of Ito.
Regarding the fan fairy tale: Believe me, sports have the most colorful characters with very big egos and a desire for recognition. Lots of little sun kings. Little fat managers who used to not be elected in sports and now drive up to the team meeting in a Ferrari. It doesn’t bother me if you think it’s a fan fairy tale. One of the consultants described the case with Carro like this. You have a Nagelsmann who will probably never invite a Goretzka again. Krösche is pissed off because of Amiri. BVB didn’t get De Bruyne back then because Lewandowski didn’t want to go to Chelsea. Presidents and managers get upset when their players are discussed publicly by other teams. In an ideal world, feelings should be put aside. I’m totally with you. But as long as AIs don’t take over the negotiations, there can be human problems wherever there are humans.
Nevertheless, your arguments are not wrong. The point here was more to show that there can also be reasons for failure, even though you may have been completely convinced by the player.