Munich – If you, as a club, are the world goalkeeper and the world footballer, who are also currently the best goalscorer on the planet, then one should exclaim Hallelujah three times a day out of sheer luck and gratitude. But Mr. Manuel Neuer, the life insurance in the back, and Robert Lewandowski, the life insurance in front, also bring a little problem for Bayern.
What do you do to protect yourself if one of the permanent players is injured or banned? Who should be brought into the management team who fulfills the deputy job, i.e. the gap-filling task – and who is satisfied with it?
Bayern signed Alexander Nübel (24) for the goal before this season on a free transfer from FC Schalke. He should learn and mature, be introduced to a successor on day X. Exit open. So far, Nübel has only played two competitive matches over 90 minutes each.
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In order to relieve Goalgetter Lewandowski here and there, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who was then without a club, was brought in at the beginning of October. The 31-year-old has scored four hits in ten missions so far, a pretty decent rate. Especially when you consider that the average playing time per game is only 38.4 minutes. The former PSG striker was substituted on six times and was allowed to play four times from the start. Choupo-Moting’s contract expires in June. Is it only going to be a nine-month guest performance for the native of Hamburg with Cameroonian roots?
Milik would be available for free transfer in the summer
Because according to the Polish portal “sport.pl“Bayern attacker Arkadiusz Milik are said to have targeted. The 26-year-old Polish international, a good friend of Lewandowski, would be available for a free transfer because of his contract with SSC Napoli, which expires at the end of the season. However, two questions arise: Milik would hardly have match practice, as he is currently only sitting in the stands with the southern Italians after failed contract negotiations for an extension.For the center forward without match practice, Naples requires 15 million euros in a winter transfer, which would be obsolete in the summer.
And second: does a 26-year-old, even if he’s a friend of Lewandowski’s, voluntarily sit on the bench for the next few years? Unlikely. The goal rate from Milik’s time in the Bundesliga does not speak for him either. Before moving to Naples via Ajax Amsterdam (2016), he already played for Bayer Leverkusen (2012/13 season) and on loan for FC Augsburg (13/14), scoring only two goals in a total of 24 appearances. Not too much of a yield.
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Whether with Choupo-Motingwill be extended, should not be decided until spring. He has it with the “established” and “outstanding” competitors Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller “more difficult than the others,” said Flick, referring to all October transfers that have not yet gained a foothold, i.e. Marc Roca (so far two league appearances, none of them in the starting XI), Bouna Sarr (3/3) and Douglas Costa (8/2). Flick said of Choupo-Moting: “He’s doing very well, especially in training. We’re glad we have him.”
Youngster Zirkzee could leave Bayern
Because he has already completed task number one: to give a talented legs: Joshua Zirkzee (19), high-flyer striker of December 2019 with two Joker goals in just eight minutes – and that in two games.
This season the Dutchman is left out, waiting for his first goal participation in five short appearances (102 minutes). His performance stagnated, he was advised to be more involved in training. In addition, there were injuries, he should play in Bavaria’s U23 in the third division.
1. FC Köln is interested, Eintracht Frankfurt should be his dream destination. As a loan or sale, Bavaria has to decide that in view of the contract by 2023. Life is hard – as a backup of world footballers.
