Status: June 20, 2025 11:44 a.m.

Max Eberl has surprisingly returned to Germany from the USA, probably also to intensify FC Bayern Munich’s squad planning. After cancellation of desired players such as Nico Williams and Florian Wirtz, the pressure on the sports director grows.

The times when FC Bayern Munich cancel the big names. Nowadays it is the sports director that has to fly to get to his squad. And so Max Eberl left the USA on Thursday evening, as coach Vincent Kompany has now confirmed. The reason for this should be intensive transfer talks. Accordingly, the sports director and his advisors in Munich want to continue to deal intensively with the squad planning.

That the sports director Shortly before the second club World Cup game against the Boca Juniors on Saturday There must be a response to events in the past few weeks about the Atlantic. Then there was a hail cancellation of football high carets.

Desired candidate Nico Williams wants to switch to FC Barcelona

Above all, the big names, the desired candidates, became the zero number. The latest example is Nico Williams. The 22-year-old winger may prefer to stay in Spain and switch from Bilbao to FC Barcelona. And Florian Wirtz, who should have conjured up Jamal Musiala in the FCB dream world, also thankfully declined.

And that although Wirtz ‘father even visited Uli Hoeneß at the Tegernsee. In the end, all efforts were in vain: Wirtz is drawn to the Premier League for FC Liverpool.

Transfer printing on Max Eberl grows

The current headlines (“Korb for Bavaria”, “Bayern-Frust” or “FCB collects thick transfer baskets”) also commemorate the Odyssey, which had taken place last year. Looking for a trainerwho was supposed to follow Thomas Tuchel, one cancellation letter after the other fluttered into the mailbox of Säbener Straße: Xabi Alonso, Julian Nagelsmann, Ralf Rangnick, Oliver Glasner – they all gave the FCB a basket.

This caused a lot of ridicule on the net, and football fans are currently amusing the unsuccessful efforts of the once so attractive FC Bayern.

Max Eberl: Some Transfer success, Large defeats

The radiance, which FC Bayern had had effortlessly into top players in the past, has now been faded. And that has also become the criticism of Max Eberl. Eberl has mastered the contract extensions with Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies and Manuel Neuer – albeit at a high price. Jonathan Tah also free to remove the transfer and the 35 million for Mathys Tel are counted very much.

But on the high-priority list of Munich, the minus points are increasing, when dealing with the really big names, the sensitivity seems to be missing: that back and forth in the case of Thomas Müllerwho leaves the club after the club World Cup, the transfer drama around Florian Wirtz, The departure from Leroy Sané to Galatasaray Istanbul And now also Nico Williams.

Eberl is currently trying to Bradley Barcola

As with the coaching search last year, the focus is now on Plan B, Plan C or Plan D – and thus also on Rafael Leao (AC Milan) and Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint -Germain). Barcola in particular should be at the top of the sports director’s to-do note. The French international could fit perfectly into the plans Eberl and Christoph Freunds.

Above all, however, the new triple winner could close the gap that Leroy Sané leaves. The problem, however, is that PSG sports director Luis Campos wants to keep the youngster, the contract only expires in 2028. The talent for the talent will probably go to many more rounds for the next few weeks. But one thing showed one thing in 2024: Plan B, C or D is also the worst – see Vincent Kompany.

Video: Transfers: Max Eberl remains defensive

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