The club replaced him with a 17-year-old boy for whom he paid 28 million
He only had 79 minutes as a professional and he already scores with the Bavarian club’s shirt
Lewandowski’s departure was a stick for Bayern Munich as they lost their goal man for the last seven seasons. The Bavarian club tried to prevent this leak but seeing that it was impossible, they began to urgently design a plan to once again have a top striker as soon as possible.
Since there was no one on the market at this level, Bayern initially strengthened the lead with the signing of Sadio Mané, coming from Liverpool. And he went in search of an unknown player, only 17 years old, who is called to be one of the greats of European football.
Bayern signed Mathys Tel, a Rennes center forward who had only played 79 minutes in the first division, as a professional. He had no more experience. A single participation in the first team of the French club and the rest of the season with the youth team. Of course: he was a French international in the category. ANDBayern bet heavily on him to the point of paying 20 million transfers when his market value (according to transfermarkt) was only two. To these 20 million, Rennes included a bonus of 8.5 million euros if a series of conditions were met. This figure, 28.5, would make him the most expensive underage player poster in history, ahead of another Bundesliga player, Jude Bellingham.
The player promised but nobody, except Bayern, thought that it would be to include him in the first team. There were several Bundesliga clubs that asked for him to be loaned out, so that he would get fired up, so that he could grow. However, the BAyern refused because he was a first-team player for the Bavarian club.
Today, in the Bayern squad, he is the only center forward along with Choupo-Moting Eric Maxim, who plays very little. In Saturday’s match against Stuttgart, he started for the first time in the league and the result could not be more promising. 60 minutes and the first goal in his locker.
In Bayern there is the conviction that Tel will end, sooner rather than later, occupying the void left by Lewandowski. Now Barça awaits him.