Company is surprised with 16-year-old
Mike who? This is Bavaria’s new super talent
07.02.2025 – 8:11 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Wisdom Mike. Never heard? The 16-year-old stands in the Bayern squad against Werder Bremen.
The German international is striker and in July 2022 changed from Borussia Mönchengladbach to Bavaria for an estimated sum of 300,000 euros (you can read more about this here). As Sky reported, the Bayern scouts are said to have observed him for over a year and a half.
According to the report, the sum of 300,000 euros two and a half years ago resulted from a premium for the contract signature, which was negotiated with the parents and from an apprenticeship compensation to the Borussia. This was probably over 20,000 euros.
Wisdom Mike’s happiness: With João Palhinha and Serge Gnabry, two stars are missing against Werder Bremen due to illness. So the 16-year-old now moved in, whom Kompany had repeatedly found in training for the past few weeks.
The young striker scored four goals in four games in the U19 Bundesliga this season, also plays for Germany’s U17, and made his debut against the Netherlands last November (2-2). Will he be used against Bremen? In any case, it would be the next big surprise after its squad nomination.