Consultant on election pro Bayern
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Tom Bishop changes free of charge from TSG Hoffenheim to FC Bayern in summer. The 19-year-old apparently had no doubt about his signature and feels grown up to the task at the record champions. His consultant Volker Struth gave at “Playmaker-the football podcast with Sebastian Hellmann“Insight. “We not only spoke to Bayern Munich at Tom. We spoke to a lot of clubs. That went for months, that was good too. The boy is a highly intelligent, empathic guy and also a great footballer. He is convinced that he (at Bavaria; editor) takes place and that is the right step. “
In the course of this, Struth pulled the example of Mario Götze. The 2014 world champion switched from Borussia Dortmund to Munich in 2013 in teenagers in 2013-“one of the most emotional transfers we had in Germany”. Götze went to FCB mainly because of the trainer. “The difference between Mario and Tom Bishop is: Mario switched to Pep Guardiola at the time, Tom Bishop changes to Bayern Munich. In the evening before the signature, I asked Tom whether he really wants it and dares to do so. Whether he believes that this is the right step for himself. There was a very clear yes. And that tells the story. The player has to decide that and not the consultant. “
The TSG Hoffenheim had trained DFB-Junior Bishop since his tenth year of life. In the past market value update, it was a big winner with a jump from 3.5 million euros to EUR 12 million, which FC Bayern 2025/26 welcomed in its ranks may to initiate the planned squad break. In addition to the record champions, RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt as well as clubs from the Premier League were interested in the flexibly usable midfielder. According to the “kicker”, it initially looked significantly after an extension in the Kraichgau, but this should have failed on a starting agency required by the player side.
Consultant Struth: Therefore Nagelsmann extended again at the DFB
Meanwhile, advisor Struth assumes that national coach Julian Nagelsmann will work again as a club coach. At the moment, the 37-year-old feels in good hands with the DFB. Therefore, the contract, which was already valid until the World Cup 2026, was extended prematurely until EM 2028. “He is so much fun for the moment,” said Struth about his client. A year and a half ago, no one was interested in the national team, which is now different because of Nagelsmann’s work. “From an emotion and motivation, it quickly happened that you said: we stay together first,” said Struth.