Paul Wanner (19) undergoes medical examination: German acquisition eighth PSV reinforcement this transfer summer

The German youth international Paul Wanner reported himself in Eindhoven as planned for the medical inspection on Thursday and all the signals seem to be green to get the creative midfielder to be entitled to play for the coming round.

Whether the acquisition can take immediate action will have to be seen. Wanner has missed part of the preparation at Bayern by an injury and only recently returned to the training field.

The 19-year-old Wanner is taken over from Bayern Munich for 15 million euros plus bonuses, which, just like with Malik Tillman, has stipulated a return option at PSV.

Paul Wanner reports for inspection in Eindhoven, PSV wants to complete Deal for weekends

At what age did Wanner made his debut at Bayern?

The second youngest Bundesliga debutant ever must add creativity and football in the small space to the PSV midfield. Wanner made his debut in Bayern’s main force in 2022, when he was only 16 years and 15 days old.

Wanner already has 77 professional matches behind his name, 8 of which at Bayern Munich, where he received his education. In recent years he played on a rental basis for Elversberg and FC Heidenheim. At PSV, he wants to take the next step in his development and play a role in the national title and experiencing Champions League football. While heenheim was active in the Conference League with Heidenheim, but has no further international experience.

Vrees PSV is getting realized: attacker Alassane Pléa Lang from rotation

The German is the eighth reinforcement of PSV this summer after the goalkeepers Nick Olij and Matej Kovar, the defenders Kiliann Sildillia and Yarek Gasiorowski and the attackers Dennis Man, Ruben van Bommel and Alassane Pléa. The latter was in his third game for PSV, last Sunday against FC Twente, badly injured in his knee, so that the job of director of football affairs Earnest Stewart is not yet ready and there will have to be an extra striker.

Criticism from Bayern corner

Sporty director Max Eberl has been critical of the choice of Wanner to continue his career in Eindhoven. ,, The player ultimately decides for himself whether he wants to improve and take on a challenge, we have relatively few options in the attack. But if you don’t believe in yourself, you have to make a decision. We only want to work with players who would like to come out for Bayern, “said the director, who also confirmed that Bayern keeps control of the development of Wanner via a return option.” The most important thing is: he is not yet completely gone, we still have a grip on the player. “