New contract for sports director
On the summer transfer market, FC Bayern was able to present well-known reinforcements with Sadio Mané (30), Matthijs de Ligt (23), Mathys Tel (17), Ryan Gravenberch (20) and Noussair Mazraoui (24). In addition to the ultimately unavoidable departure of top scorer Robert Lewandowski (33) to Barcelona, the Munich team, under the direction of sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, took in millions of euros, especially for players from the second rest. The ex-professional received praise from President and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Herbert Hainer, and a new contract beyond the current 2023 term beckons.
“It has certainly not always been easy for him in recent years, but he has not let himself be thrown off track and has continued to develop. We all know that he has an absolute heart for Bayern and always gives his all for this club. And when you see the vehemence with which he implemented the Mané transfer, for example – it’s a lot of fun with him,” said the 68-year-old from Munich.Evening News“.
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Ex-professional Salihamidzic surprisingly rose in August 2017 as sports director at his long-standing Bundesliga station, in July 2020 he was promoted to sports director despite sometimes severe criticism. Hainer, himself the successor to Uli Hoeneß at the helm of the record champions since 2019, also found positive words about the interaction between the 45-year-old and technical director Marco Neppe, who is involved in squad planning.
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“You could almost say it’s like Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who are always on the lookout and draw the right conclusions,” said Hainer. “Marco does the analysis, Hasan has an incredible amount of experience in this industry and in dealing with players. He knows how things are in a dressing room, what a player feels like.” According to the newspaper, Salihamidzic will probably extend his contract long-term after the next supervisory board meeting on August 29, and the “kicker” also reports on a new three-year contract that is about to begin.
Transfers at FC Bayern 2022: Long-term and structured planned
Bayern boss Hainer sees a significant change for this transfer window compared to previous windows. “This year we took a more long-term and structured approach to transfer policy. We sat together months ago and analyzed what we need and who is on the market,” said the former Adidas boss. In the previous “one or two seasons” the situation was different, those responsible at FC Bayern had to “get players in the last few days of the transfer window, sometimes with quick-fix actions. That’s where we set the lever.”
Transfer spending summer 2022: BVB 14th, Wolves advance
Bayern have spent a total of 137.5 million on new players so far. Efforts to get RB Leipzig midfielder Konrad Laimer (25) and a new center forward have cooled off recently. On the other hand, the sale of attacker Joshua Zirkzee (21, return to RSC Anderlecht is more likely) could increase the income from the current 95.9 to around 106 million euros.
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