From the beginning of January, transfers to the Bundesliga will be possible again, and FC Bayern has also been looking for possible reinforcements for a long time. Even though those responsible don’t want to comment on names, people on Säbener Strasse certainly seem to be picking up the phone.
Bayern Munich’s sporting director Christoph Freund is still tight-lipped when it comes to possible new additions in the winter.
“There is so much speculation that I won’t make any statements,” replied the Austrian in a media round before leaving for England. On Tuesday evening (9:00 p.m.) the German will play against English record champions Manchester United in the Champions League.
The 46-year-old did not want to provide any information about possible phone calls, such as those that were recently made with Barcelona’s defense chief Ronald Araújo, according to “Sky”. Nevertheless, the Austrian holds out the prospect of transfers to Munich head coach Thomas Tuchel: “There are some discussions, in principle, but I don’t want to say anything about that in detail right now.”
Above all, the defense of the series champions should be strengthened in winter. They are probably looking for a defender who can play both in central defense and on the right side. In addition, FC Bayern is repeatedly linked with the signing of a six-man – a player profile that, according to Thomas Tuchel, the team is still missing.
Problem for FC Bayern: winter deals “not so easy”
Meanwhile, Freund specified that they want to “fundamentally set up the squad” in such a way that the coach has “several variants and options” at his disposal from a tactical perspective.
The friend, who only moved from RB Salzburg to FC Bayern on September 1st, had already revealed in the “Sport1” one-two on Sunday that the “time after Christmas certainly won’t be completely boring”: “We don’t have that many defensive personnel “In winter it is generally not so easy to make large transfers that will help the club in the long term. That is why we have to find clever solutions in the coming months.”