I’m wondering how De Ligt figures in now. The fee they paid for him implies he starts every match if healthy. However, Hernandez and Upa have played really well and would keep their job right now on every team on the planet. I don’t envy the choices Nagelsmann has to make.
Bayern play Bochum next. I figure Nagelsmann will make some changes in that one. Coman back from suspension. He will get a start for sure. Maybe De Ligt for Upa. I don't see how Musiala or Muller sit. Maybe Gravenberch for Sabitzer and Mazraui for Pavard. Then Gladbach, Viktoria Koln and Union in 7 days. Two tough ones there.
It’s crazy to think he’s nowhere near his ceiling.
Saw that. There is a repurchase clause in the deal, though.
Yes there is. They got him for free, and sell for $20 mil. Sevilla a good club for him. Made about $50 mill on the sales of the Richards, Roca, and this. Zirkzee will probably be sold or loaned too. Good business by Brazzo this summer. Can they still sell Sane? Seems to be in the doghouse already. Musiala has sent him to the pine. Coman back too. It is basically Mane and 1 of Coman, Gnabry, Sane each week. Musiala and Muller start every game behind them so not much for the other 3.
Part of me thinks we may need Zirkzee and I couldn’t tell you why. However, it makes the most sense to sell if a team meets Bayern’s asking price. Great window for Brazzo. Masterclass. Coman coming back is huge. I think he will go down as a Bayern great one day and has shown total loyalty to the club. If nothing else, burying PSG immortalizes him. I am torn regarding Sane. He will look brilliant one day, shit the next. It’s weird.
Tel is probably ahead of Zirkzee and let's not forget Chopo still there. Chopo out with Kidney stone surgery for now. He will fill in for Mane occassionally. Zirkzee will never see the field with this pecking order up front.
Totally forgot about Tel lol.
Bayern gets seemingly blamed for winning. When BVB and Leipzig sell all the time, I don’t see how that’s Bayern’s problem.
Bayern is a marketing powerhouse. And you can thank Uli Hoeness for that. They make a lot of money in the marketing of product, plus their business model is amazing. Yeah they buy some Galazzos, but the gems they find also is amazing: Neuer, Davies, Kimmich, Gnabry, Musiala, Coman, Boateng all cheap finds at the time and nobodies and/or failures at existing squads. They invested in them and gave them time. Muller and Alaba academy players. The veterans they bought Hernandez, Goretzka, Upa, Sane, Lewandowski and now Mane most have worked out.
I’ve been watching BVB.
