Greater focus on young talent
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FC Bayern is stopping renovation work on Säbener Straße in order to be able to invest in the squad for the coming season. This is reported by “Sport Bild”. Accordingly, at the supervisory board meeting on Monday last week, not only was Max Eberl’s commitment as sports director approved, but the construction of a new team wing for the Munich professionals was also suspended for the time being, which was actually supposed to begin at the end of 2024 at the latest.
Surveying work for the project, which cost over 100 million euros, had already begun. Instead of going to the training center, the money should flow into the team. According to the report, Eberl and sports director Christoph Freund draw up lists with three to five candidates for the respective squad construction sites. The focus is particularly on the holding six in midfield, which outgoing coach Thomas Tuchel had already called for in vain. However, in order to take concrete steps, Tuchel’s successor must first be found; the successful Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso is still considered the ideal solution.
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The Munich team also wants to focus on young talent in the future; sports director Freund is working intensively on the topic. To achieve this, the record champions are investing in new coaches like René Maric, who is not only supposed to develop a training concept for the youth teams, but is now also coaching the U19s and is supposed to take over the reserve team in the near future. In addition, friend and confidant Richard Kitzbichler was responsible for the transition between young talent and professionals.
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In addition to the Bayern Red&Gold project, a joint venture that includes collaborations with other clubs such as Los Angeles FC and Racing Club de Montevideo, there is also the €4.5 million signing of Swedish talent Jonah Kusi-Asare (16). the new path on the Bayern campus. Sums of this magnitude have not previously been spent on the youth sector.
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Bayern would like to pave the way to the Bundesliga for more of their own talents like Aleksandar Pavlovic (19). “Aleks is a native of Munich, has been with us since 2011 and lives our club with everything he has. His path is an absolute role model for our boys on campus,” said Freund. The development steps could also take place elsewhere. “We strive to show our talents a career path as early as possible in which loans can also play an important role – as is currently the case with Malik Tillman, Gabriel Vidovic, Arijon Ibrahimovic, Paul Wanner and Frans Krätzig,” explains Campus- Boss Jochen Sauer, who already worked with Freund at RB Salzburg. “They have all already had appearances with our professionals and are now taking the next steps in their development with loan clubs.”
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A sale cannot be ruled out on a case-by-case basis, but then FC Bayern should have a say in the future if possible. For example, in the case of Joshua Zirkzee, who is currently causing a sensation with FC Bologna in Serie A. According to “Sport Bild”, the Munich team could bring back the 22-year-old attacker for 20 million euros using a buyback clause.
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“I’m happy for him that he’s doing well, he deserves it,” said supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in an interview with “Gazzetta dello Sport“. “I’ve always seen him play well for us. His bad luck was that he had someone like Lewandowski in front of him.” Will Bayern use the clause? “That’s entirely up to Max Eberl,” clarified Rummenigge, who “doesn’t want to interfere” in his work. However, Zirkzee will definitely be considered in the “strategy of the summer”. According to “Sport Bild”, this also stipulates that Josip Stanisic (23) will return from Bayer 04 and is firmly scheduled for Bayern.
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In the meantime, Eberl has had many one-on-one conversations with players to get an impression of the “Mia san mia” feeling in the squad. He wasn’t just concerned with the opinions of seasoned professionals like Thomas Müller (34) or Manuel Neuer (37), but above all with the young talents. But an important meeting is coming up shortly: In a conversation with Joshua Kimmich (29), who has recently been dissatisfied and has been moved to the right side of the defense, the sports director wants to find out how the DFB player, who was once proclaimed “captain of the future”, is planning his next career steps .
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