There are also super talent Mathys Tel (Stade Rennes) and the Ajax duo Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch. FC Bayern spent a total of 137.5 million euros on all of these players – not including possible bonuses. “We continue to have the highest standards and we will continue to meet them in the future. Now it was time to set an exclamation mark on the transfer market,” explained CEO Oliver Kahn confidently: “We at Bayern want to continue to play in the top four teams belong in Europe.”
Kahn left further purchases open. Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke speculated in an interview with Sky that it wasn’t the case with Munich transfers, “when I read the optimism of Salihamidzic Junior and the like on Twitter”. After the series champion spent around 28.5 million euros just for the 17-year-old Tel, there was also eager speculation as to whether Bayern would now tackle the 200 million euro barrier.
94.5 million euros would be possible
It is – with all the jubilation about the newcomers – a risky game. In November, liquid working capital was 209 million euros, while the club said it lost more than 150 million euros in sales during the corona pandemic. Now the calculation has to add up and success has to come – especially bonuses in the Champions League. According to research by the WDR, there are 9.6 million euros for moving into the round of 16, 10.6 million euros for the quarter-finals, 12.5 million euros for the semi-finals and 15.5 million euros for moving into the final. The Munich “tz” calculates that a victory in the premier class would result in a total of 94.5 million euros in income thanks to the ten-year coefficient. Every home game also flushes at least 2.5 million euros through ticketing and catering for the fans.
In this mixed situation, the Munich team happily play the really big names. Bayern confirmed thoughts on English goalscorer Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur). And recently Kahn assured Cristiano Ronaldo: “We discussed the issue – otherwise we wouldn’t be doing our job well. I personally think that Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers that has ever existed on this planet. But we got to it Conclusion that despite all our appreciation, he would not have suited our philosophy in the current situation.”
He, world star CR7, is said to want to leave his former love Manchester United at all costs. As the British “Times” writes, his advisor is persistently offering Bayern the 2016 European champion. The argument fits that the attacker allegedly wants to win titles in all major leagues. After doing so with Man United in the Premier League (2007, 2008, 2009), with Juventus in Italy’s Serie A (2019 and 2020) and with Real Madrid in Spain (2012 and 2017).