FC Bayern continues to lead the Bundesliga after the draw in the top game against Bayer Leverkusen with a comfortable lead of eight points. It waves the 34th championship of club history. So everything is good in Munich? Not quite.
“It was important that we don’t lose this game. Of course we always take ourselves to win, but unfortunately we did not do that, but we wouldn’t have deserved,” said Captain Manuel Neuer after the zero number of FC Bayern at Bayer Leverkusen aptly to the point on Saturday evening in conversation with “Sky”.
This was preceded by remarkable 90 minutes in which his forefends found themselves almost exclusively on the defensive. From the point of view of the league leader, 2:15 goal shots were ultimately available – Munich masonry work instead of super bavaria. In the first half, the latte saved twice, in added time Leverkusens Florian Wirtz missed the huge chance to win from a short distance, which would have been highly deserved from the defending champion’s point of view.
“Today we take this point with us. We defended well and that comes after a huge fight in Glasgow,” tried head coach Vincent Kompany at the subsequent press conference. While Bayer Leverkusen had no play during the week, the Munich team won 2-1 in the Champions League playoffs at Celtic.
In the video: Bayern expert analyzes performance in Leverkusen
TV expert Dietmar Hamann, on the other hand, assessed the performance of FC Bayern extremely critically. Bayer Leverkusen is “the best team at the moment at the moment. At Bayern, I don’t know if they were further when they were in autumn,” said the ex-international at “Sky”. “That was a class difference. Of course you can now say: Bayern didn’t want anything else. The question is whether they could do more,” said Hamann.
Record national player Lothar Matthäus was also amazed at the passive FC Bayern.
FC Bayern in the Champions League not top favorite
There is not much time to analyze the Bundesliga league. Already on Tuesday evening (9 p.m. in the Sport.de live ticker), the Munich greet Celtic FC for the second leg in the Champions League. The starting point is good after the 2: 1 from the first leg, but the fall height is huge.
After all, the goal of “title Dahoam” is hovers over Säbener Straße this season. On May 31, the royal class final in the Allianz Arena will increase. 13 years after the bitter defeat in the penalty shootout against Chelsea FC, the Henkelpott is said to be here. However, the way there is still another – and stony. In the round of 16 would be against Atlético Madrid or Bayer Leverkusen. The top favorites are others anyway after the disappointing league with three defeats in eight games.
In the Bundesliga, two key games against Eintracht Frankfurt (February 23) and VfB Stuttgart (February 28) are waiting for FC Bayern. The bosses on Säbener Straße do not want to know anything about a preliminary decision in the championship. He did not accept congratulations yet, sports director Max Eberl clarified at “Sky”.
Contract poker with Kimmich continues
The squad planner may have received a lot of congratulations after the contract extension with Jamal Musiala. The 21-year-old offensive artist signed a new contract at FC Bayern until 2030. Previously, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (until 2026) and left-back Alphonso Davies (until 2030) also received new working papers.
Max Eberl tinkers on the squad
A question mark is still behind the sporting future of Joshua Kimmich. The 30-year-old is only tied to the club until the end of the season.
“We know exactly what we want, Josh knows what we want. Now I also hope that we can do it via the finish line,” Eberl commented on the personnel on Saturday at “Sky”. He hoped “that we could pull the next sack,” said the 51-year-old.
Kimmich is in a comfortable negotiation position due to his expiring contract. The midfielder may not have missed the extension of Musiala. From now on, the youngster is said to earn an annual alien of an estimated 20 million plus X of bonus payments. Kimmich will probably not want to “subordinate” on the subject of salary, the “kicker” reported in his Monday edition.
No expensive transfers at FC Bayern possible?
FC Bayern could thus stand the next costly contract extension into the house. The salary costs on Säbener Straße should actually be reduced. It is therefore currently questionable whether FC Bayern can afford expensive obligations in summer.
“It initially depends on all the contract extensions. After that, you have to take a balance sheet and see how much money is still there to possibly get new players. But as I see it at the moment, there is not much money there to To buy big next year, “Honorary President Uli Hoeneß recently told BILD.
It is crucial “not the turnover, but the yield. It is still okay, but also not the way he was before,” said the 73-year-old.
Not only sporty, but also in squad planning at FC Bayern is currently not everything that shines.