Procedure “not a big issue”
Sports director Christoph Freund has announced a timely decision by FC Bayern Munich regarding the return of ex-national player Jérôme Boateng. “Yes, that would be our goal. We should add him straight away and not wait too long. I think there will be a decision at the end of this week,” said Freund on Monday at Munich Airport before the Bayern team’s departure for the Champions League game at FC Copenhagen this Tuesday (9 p.m.).
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The 2014 world champion without a club could alleviate Bayern’s squad shortage in the central defender position. According to Freund, the two-time treble winner with FC Bayern would have a “role as back-up” for the currently injured Matthijs de Ligt (24), Dayot Upamecano (24) and Min-jae Kim (26). “We have seen that we are rather thinly positioned there,” admitted Freund. “It would be his role to support the team as a back-up and – if necessary – he could then step in.”
Grillitsch’s predecessor: Well-known returnees from Bundesliga clubs since 2000
Florian Grillitsch | from Ajax back to TSG | 365 days away
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Timo Werner | from Chelsea back to RB Leipzig for €20m | 769 days away
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Season 22/23
Matthias Ginter | from Gladbach back to Freiburg | 2905 days away
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Grischa Prömel | from Union back to TSG | 2516 days away
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Season 22/23
Max Kruse | for €5 million from Union back to Wolfsburg | 2007 days away
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Season 21/22
Kevin Prince Boateng | from Monza back to Hertha | 5114 days away
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Season 21/22
Timo Hübers | from Hanover back to Cologne | 1826 days away
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Season 21/22
Mark Uth | from Schalke back to Cologne | 2741 days away
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Season 19/20 on loan, again in 21/22 via fixed transfer
Mats Hummels | for €30.5 million from Bayern back to BVB | 1095 days away
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Season 19/20
Kevin Trapp | for €7 million from PSG back to SGE | 1491 days away
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Sebastian Rode | for €4 million from BVB back to SGE | 1852 days away
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Season 19/20
Adam Szalai | from Hoffenheim back to Mainz | 2248 days away
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Season 19/20
Vincenzo Grifo | for €5.5 million from Gladbach back to TSG | 1096 days away
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Season 18/19
Andre Hahn | for €3 million from HSV back to Augsburg | 1461 days away
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Season 18/19
Sandro Wagner | for €13 million from TSG back to Bayern | 3471 days away
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Season 17/18
Mario Gomez | for €3 million from Wolfsburg back to VfB | 3106 days away
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Season 17/18
Andreas Beck | for €2.5 million from Besiktas back to VfB | 3345 days away
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Season 17/18
Raúl Bobadilla | for €2 million from FCA back to Gladbach | 2030 days away
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Season 17/18
Simon Terodde | for €3 million from Stuttgart back to Cologne | 2010 days away
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Season 17/18
Holger Badstuber | from FC Bayern back to VfB | 5513 days away
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Season 17/18
Anthony Ujah | for €3.8 million from Liaoning back to Mainz | 1638 days away
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Season 17/18
Mats Hummels | for €35 million from BVB back to Bayern | 2557 days away
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Season 16/17
Mario Götze | for €22 million from Bayern back to BVB | 1116 days away
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Season 16/17
Ashkan Dejagah | from Al-Arabi SC back to Wolfsburg | 1613 days away
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Season 16/17
Kevin Kampl | for €11 million from BVB back to Bayer 04 | 1519 days away
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Season 15/16
Nuri Sahin | for €7 million from Real back to BVB | 1096 days away
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Season 14/15
Sascha Riether | for €350,000 from Fulham back to Freiburg | 2557 days away
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Season 14/15
Claudio Pizarro | from Werder back to Bayern | 1827 days away
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Season 12/13
Marco Reus | for €17.1 million from Gladbach back to BVB | 2738 days away
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Season 12/13
Mohamed Zidan | for €400,000 from BVB back to Mainz | 1675 days away
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Season 11/12
Michael Ballack | from Chelsea back to Bayer | 2922 days away
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Season 10/11
Hanno Balitsch | from Hanover back to Bayer | 2007 days away
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Season 10/11
Artur Wichniarek | for €700,000 from Bielefeld back to Hertha | 1277 days away
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Season 09/10
Lukas Podolski | for €10 million from FC Bayern back to Cologne | 1087 days away
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Season 09/10
Paul Freier | for €1.1 million from Bayer 04 back to Bochum | 1461 days away
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Season 08/09
Vahid Hashemian | from Hanover back to Bochum | 1461 days away
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Season 08/09
Jörg Böhme | from Gladbach back to Bielefeld | 2191 days away
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Season 06/07
Torsten Frings | from FC Bayern back to Werder | 1096 days away
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Season 05/06
Andreas Möller | from Schalke back to SGE | 4048 days away
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Season 03/04
Niko Kovac | from Bavaria back to Hertha | 2556 days away
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Season 03/04
Roy Präger | from HSV back to Wolfsburg | 1096 days away
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Season 02/03
Thórdur Gudjónsson (l.) | from Preston NE back to Bochum | 1826 days away
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Season 02/03
Filip Tapalovic | from 1860 Munich back to Bochum | 1826 days away
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In the 4-0 win in the DFB Cup against Preußen Münster, all three regular central defenders were missing due to injuries, so midfielder Leon Goretzka (28) and full-back Noussair Mazraoui (25) had to help out in the defense center. Kim came from Naples in the summer for 50 million euros, but at the same time Lucas Hernández (27; PSG), Benjamin Pavard (27; Inter), Daley Blind (33; Girona) and Josip Stanisic (23; on loan to Leverkusen) left ) the club.
Friend: Boateng’s “private story is not a big issue” for FC Bayern
When asked about the non-sporting headlines surrounding Boateng regarding his trial for alleged violent attacks against his ex-girlfriend, Freund said: “Our approach is to what is best for FC Bayern in terms of sport.” The verdict in the trial against Boateng has been overturned and The proceedings were suspended, the 46-year-old remarked: “That’s why it’s his private story and not a big issue for us.”
Boateng trained with FC Bayern for the first time on Sunday. The defender is also scheduled to train at Säbener Straße in the coming days. “And then we will have another conversation with him. And then we’ll see what the best decision can be for everyone involved,” said Freund. A contract until the end of the season is under discussion. Bayern first have to bridge the time until the winter transfer period. Signings of players without a club are possible until the end of the transition period. At Olympique Lyon, where Boateng moved after his end at Munich, he did not get a new contract after last season.
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