As the last team in the Bundesliga, FC Bayern will resume training on Saturday. Between the first units in the training camp at Tegernsee, coach Thomas Tuchel answers journalists’ questions.
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+++ Tuchel on an internal transfer deadline +++
“I’m very involved and I know how some players are. I know we’re working flat out on some things. I’m still very calm. We’ve got 23 players in the training camp. We have to be able to do that with those players, to get to the next level. It comes as it comes.”
+++ Tuchel about a lack of physique +++
“I think we were lacking in robustness and physics. We need physicality so we can play tougher with the team.”
+++ Tuchel via Goretzka and Gravenberch +++
“I would not confirm for any player that he is still here on September 1st. But that has nothing to do with Goretzka. They both have contracts with us. Gravenberch is in the role of challenger. Goretzka had an unsatisfactory end to last season . He’s in a situation where there’s room for improvement. There’s competition. All the players want to see how the coach plans with them. It’s too early to make a final decision.”
+++ Tuchel about Harry Kane +++
“There is a very boring answer to a very interesting question. I do not comment on players who do not belong to FC Bayern. It is well known that we are looking for a number nine. If we are convinced of a player, then we’ll be ready to step in. We need a little more patience.”
+++ Tuchel about Raphael Guerreiro and Laimer +++
“We already know each other from Dortmund. He’s a crook. He wants to win titles with us. It was a quick decision. Laimer was decided before me. I’m happy that he’s here. It’s very interesting. I have a lot good first impressions of him.”
+++ Tuchel on the (potential) newcomers +++
“We want to replace Hernandez. It’s no longer a secret who that player is. But I don’t want to comment on that either. We think we have an alternative for Hernandez that does it justice. We’re trying to do that to report completion in the coming days.”
+++ Tuchel on the summer break +++
“We met very regularly. In the foreground was a very close cooperation with Marco Neppe and Jan Dreeßen. That was an almost daily basis with messages and telephones. But there was also a regular, larger group with Heiner, Hoeneß and Rummenigge. We discussed the season and set transfer targets.”
+++ Tuchel on the failed Rice transfer +++
“It’s that this player has a profile that we don’t have in the squad. It could be a good addition to the squad to have that profile with us. There aren’t that many who add to our very good squad Could. In that case, he just switched to Arsenal.”
+++ Tuchel on the long preparation +++
“It’s great that we have four weeks together. I think we’ll be able to do that, that we’ll rehearse our processes. The squad will most likely change a bit. But four weeks go by quickly. We have to use the time.”
+++ Tuchel on the goals for the season +++
“We only had a very short speech. It’s too early to talk at the moment. The goals are clearly defined at FC Bayern. The first step is to get together as a team. The squad now is most likely not the one we’re with play the games from September 1st. But it’s very nice that we have all the players together. It’s a good starting position.”
+++ Tuchel on the new comeback +++
“It’s a very tight schedule up to the first game. We need time and patience. We know more week by week. But the start of the league and the Supercup are probably too ambitious a team. We’ll see how the resilience looks in August .”
+++ Tuchel about the staff ++
“Almost everyone is there. De Ligt is still doing individual training. It looks very good and will be back after the training camp. Manuel Neuer is also continuing to train individually. The plan is that he will not come to Asia. After that he should integrated back into team training.”
+++ Tuchel is here +++
The head coach is seated. Ready to go!
+++ It’s about to start +++
In a few minutes, Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel will answer journalists’ questions for the first time in the new season.
+++ Who is coming and who is going at FC Bayern? +++
With Konrad Laimer and Raphael Guerreiro, FC Bayern has so far presented two newcomers to the public. With central defender Min-jae Kim from SSC Napoli, another reinforcement is in the starting blocks according to consistent media reports. Will the future defense chief still join his new team in the training camp?
But the German record champions would also like to present other new signings in a timely manner. After all, with Sadio Mané, Benjamin Pavard, Ryan Gravenberch and Yann Sommer, a whole series of professionals are said to be about to leave. There are also more rumors about Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich. Thomas Tuchel will certainly also be asked about the transfer speculation at Tegernsee.
+++ This is how FC Bayern’s summer preparation looks like +++
The first medical checks and tests for performance diagnostics have already been carried out on Säbener Straße in the past few days. On Saturday, the Bayern entourage traveled to the training camp at Tegernsee, where the start of training will also take place. The team will stay here for five days.
In the second part of their preparatory phase, Bayern travel to Asia. Between July 24th and August 3rd, the record champions will be visiting Japan and Singapore. In the course of this, three friendlies are also on the program. FCB meets Manchester City on July 26th, Kawasaki Frontale three days later and finally Liverpool FC on August 2nd.
Real endurance tests await Thomas Tuchel’s team.