Benjamin Pavard got his wish fulfilled: The defender, who had been dissatisfied at FC Bayern for a long time, was allowed to leave the German record champions shortly before the end of the transfer period and join Inter Milan. However, there is now a gap in the Munich back line, which coach Thomas Tuchel publicly complained about on Friday. Pavard’s adviser cannot understand this.
Thomas Tuchel lost two valuable options at right-back within a few days: Benjamin Pavard (Inter Milan) and Josip Stanisic (Leverkusen) left the club on the home stretch of the transfer window.
On Friday, Tuchel complained on the matchday PK that there was now a “big gap” in his squad. If nothing more happens on Deadline Day, you have to “get creative”. And nothing happened.
That leaves only Noussair Mazraoui and Bouna Sarr, who have long since been eliminated, as regular right-backs, with newcomer Konrad Laimer able to help out as an emergency solution.
Not an ideal situation, according to Tuchel, who did not fully support the sale of Benjamin Pavard to Inter Milan, which brought in around 30 million euros. If you had known about his request for a change earlier, Stanisic would not have been awarded, according to the trainer.
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Pavard’s advisor Max Bielefeld, who works for star agent Pini Zahavi, clearly contradicted this presentation on Friday on “Sky”.
“When Stanisic was loaned out, there was already contact with Inter Milan. It’s not true that you didn’t know at all how Benji was doing when you made the decision with Stanisic,” Bielefeld clarified.
At the time of sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, it was clearly communicated that Pavard was aiming for a new challenge. “We then assume that others in the club will also know about it,” emphasized the consultant.
Bielefeld meanwhile denied that his client wanted to force his departure by going on a training strike during the week: “Benji didn’t go on strike, he actually had back problems.”