Specifically, the exchange with sports director Max Eberl and sports director Christoph Freund is. The latter indicated that the playful defender at the bosses actually caused a rethink.
“Eric does it really well,” said friend: “He now plays a lot of games in spring. He is an important factor, maybe even more important than we believed in winter. He is an absolute support of the team.”
In this way, Freund’s development indirectly confirmed from the farewell candidate to the candidate for an early contract extension. At least in the current snapshot, it is finally what Bayern is actually looking for: a strong and form-strong defense chief who stabilizes the defensive. A perfect back-up is dier who never complains about his role and always gives everything for the team, anyway.
This was emphasized by DFB captain Joshua Kimmich at the end of the year when Dier was in a very difficult phase at Bavaria. “When I see how the Eric trains every day. This is one of the best teammates I have ever had,” said Kimmich at the time: “So a mindset. That brings us as a group. Even if it has not collected so many minutes. But it is incredibly important for us as a team.”
Eberl has not escaped all of this either. “Eric has underlined its importance and showed how stable it is since the left of Dayot Upamecano. He just rolls, he is there and knows what he can do,” said the sports director. Dier is one of the “very, very important players for us in this phase”. However, a new contract is not fixed, according to Eberl: “We will then see who is on the list of entitlements on August 1.”
Stand now it would be a big surprise if Dier’s name would be missing. In its current form, it is actually indispensable for Bayern.