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For team building: Bayern team rents go-kart track
FC Bayern still have at least eleven games left to play this season – if they progress in the Champions League it would be even more. In order to prepare for this final spurt of the season, the team came together for a special meeting: on a kart track.
At 3 p.m. the team and coaching team met at the “Kart Palast” in the Bergkirchen district of Munich. According to “Bild”, the team had rented “a separate hall”. Sports director Christoph Freund was quoted as saying: “We want to spend time together and have fun. We want to have a good time together and see each other longer than after training. That’s always really fun.” The next few weeks will show what the special team building measure brings.
Bayern boss announces Davies decision
Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund gave a positive update on contract poker with Alphonso Davies. “There are conversations and the conversations are good and open. And then we’ll see in the next few weeks how it turns out,” said Freund on the sidelines of the Bayern U19’s 3-1 defeat against Olympiacos Piraeus in the quarter-finals of the Youth League , where, among others, board boss Jan-Christian Dreesen, trainer Thomas Tuchel and Uli Hoeneß were also on site. (Here you can read more about it.)
According to the Austrian, it is “not unlikely” that the 23-year-old will extend his contract with the German record champions: “Phonzie feels very comfortable in Munich and really enjoys playing for FC Bayern. I’m not negative about it at all,” said Freund. Davies has been heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid for months. According to reports, the extension is primarily about financial aspects. The left-back is said to be demanding an annual salary of almost 20 million euros. The pain threshold for the Munich team is 13-14 million euros.
No protest – Bayern in the Champions League without away fans
FC Bayern Munich will not protest against the exclusion of its fans from the next Champions League away game. The Munich team therefore accepts a penalty from the European Football Union (Uefa), as they announced on Tuesday.
After some Bayern supporters set off pyrotechnics and threw objects in the round of 16 at Lazio Rome once again in this premier class season, Bayern were given this penalty. The German record champions will not be issuing any tickets to their fans for the away game of the quarter-finals, which will be drawn on Friday.
“We have to accept the punishment. Not only were pyrotechnics set off in the stands, but also targeted shots were fired onto the pitch, which put bystanders in immediate danger,” said Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen. “The fact that we now have to do without the support of our own fans away from home hits us very hard.”
No return action? Ex-Bayern will be out for weeks
Former Bayern striker Joshua Zirkzee was injured in his club FC Bologna’s Serie A game against Inter Milan at the weekend. Now there is certainty about how long he will be out. “The examinations that Joshua Zirkzee underwent this morning revealed a first-degree injury to his left hamstring, which is expected to last three to four weeks,” the club said.