On deadline day, Joao Palhinha was already in Munich, only the final details remained to be clarified before he signed with FC Bayern. However, the signing of the desired six failed in the last few meters. Until now, the unsuccessful search for a successor at Fulham FC was considered the reason for the transfer collapse, but now a completely different rumor is making the rounds.
FC Bayern wanted to spend more than 60 million euros to provide coach Thomas Tuchel with the desired “holding six”. When the transfer window closed on September 1st, there was great frustration on Säbener Straße: Shortly before Joao Palhinha’s move to the German record champions was finalized, the deal was called off.
The Portuguese quickly had to return to England to Fulham FC, where he surprisingly extended his contract shortly afterwards. According to rumors, FC Bayern still want to make a new attempt at the midfielder in the winter.
Regardless of this, transfer insider Fabrizio Romano has now spoken again about the headline-grabbing Bayern fiasco in the summer in a “Kick” live stream. The Italian put forward an extremely piquant thesis.
“I think what happened on Deadline Day was a FIFA mistake and not a Bayern, Chelsea or Fulham mistake,” explained Romano, without giving details: “That’s crazy and we’ll discuss it in another special stream , probably next week. But I don’t think it was Bayern’s mistake.”
FC Bayern without energy because of Kane poker?
Romano also revealed the two main reasons for the overall complicated transfer period at FC Bayern, which was marked by several cancellations.
On the one hand, there was the separation from executives Oliver Kahn and Hasan Salihamidzic. “When you change something like that, it just takes some time to get in touch with the people who are taking care of the negotiations,” said Romano.
On the other hand, the discussions about Harry Kane’s move were very “complicated and tough” and therefore “spent a lot of energy”.