Bayern Munich loanee Paul Wanner keeps making history.
The precocious 18-year-old became the youngest player to score a penalty in the 9th minute of Heidenheim’s 4-0 beatdown of FC Augsburg. For Wanner, it was yet another impressive performance in what has been an extremely strong start to the season:
18y 253d – Aged 18 years and 253 days, Paul Wanner is the youngest player to score a penalty goal in Bundesliga history and also the youngest player to score on the first two matchdays of a BL-season. Diamond. @Bundesliga_EN
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) September 1, 2024
Later, Wanner added an assist to his ledger when he set up Adrian Beck. For the match, Wanner played 70 minutes, completed 83% of his passes and won four ground duels. Wanner did lose possession 15 times, which could definitely be improved upon, but this has been an extremely solid start to the season for the youngster.
If Wanner continues to play at this level, Bayern Munich is going to have some interesting decisions to make at the end of the season. The club and Jamal Musiala needs to work out a contract extension and an acquisition of Bayer Leverkusen ace Florian Wirtz is a constant topic of discussion.
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