According to Sport Bild journalists Christian Falk and Tobi Altschäffl, Bayern Munich’s supervisory board was ready to sign off on a transfer move for Bayer Leverkusen center-back and Germany international Jonathan Tah.
However, the approval was contingent on a sale of Kingsley Coman, which never happened:
Uli Hoeneß and the supervisory board were ready to sanction the Jonathan Tah deal had Kingsley Coman been sold. From Max Eberl’s perspective, selling Coman and signing Tah would have made the already ‘good’ transfer window ‘very good’. But in the end, Coman decided to stay although Bayern had agreed a €40m fee with Al Hilal.
With Dayot Upamecano, Kim Min-jae, and Eric Dier all active and ready to man the center-back position, plus Hiroki Ito and Josip Stanišić (you could probably include Leon Goretzka here for all intents and purposes now, too) also able to slide in and play the position, the board clearly felt that it needed to clear at least some of its salary burden to add another body into the mix on the backline.
Robert Lewandowski’s five-goal performance for Bayern Munich against Wolfsburg gives off “Iron born” vibes — “what’s dead may never die.” This is really funny:
The German national team is about to embark on a new era.
Former Bayern Munich boss Julian Nagelsmann will attempt to figure out what he has with this group and also ponder a way to best position these players — while also figuring out what combinations might work best together.
With games against Hungary and the Netherlands, Germany will get two stiff tests in the coming days. Let’s talk about it all right here! This is what we have on tap for this episode of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Preview Show:
- Catching up on what has been going on in the German national team camp.
- How do the position groups stack up? The defense has some questions…the midfield must have answers…and the attack needs to prove itself.
- What German national team fans need to see in each of these matches.
- A look at the projected starting XI for Saturday’s match vs. Hungary.
- Predictions for each match.
Real Madrid has some lofty transfer targets for next summer — Bayern Munich’s Alphonso Davies (free), Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz (back up the Brinks truck), and…Manchester City’s Rodri (another high price target…maybe):
Real Madrid plans to sign Manchester City star Rodri in 2025 according to Spanish newspaper AS, which cited anonymous sources.
Already established, top transfer targets following the ongoing 2024/2025 season for Los Blancos include Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies and Bayer Leverkusen attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz.
An acquisition of Davies looked possible this summer as well, but with Madrid also landing Kylian Mbappe and Endrick, President Florentino Perez preferred to wait until – like how Mbappe landed from Paris Saint-Germain – the Canadian will be a free agent after June 30 to arrive for nothing next year.
Wirtz will cost far more as one of the hottest properties in German football. Back in April, Bayer’s chief executive Fernando Carro confirmed on Radio MARCA that while “no one is unsellable”, Wirtz “will not leave for less than €150 million ($163.4 million)”.
Rodri will neither be free nor probably cost that much either – but he won’t be cheap.
Come 2025 he will have two years left to run on his contract, and while that summer will be the last that City realistically has to cash in on him big, the Spain captain will be closer to his 30th birthday.
Remember when Silas Katompa Mvumpa was all the rage? Now, he has taken a loan from VfB Stuttgart to Red Star Belgrade:
Now official: #Silas is leaving Stuttgart and joins Red Star Belgrade on a one-year loan ✔️ #VfB boss Fabian Wohlgemuth on the transfer of the 25y/o winger to #FKCZ: ⤵️
“In the end, we agreed in open discussions that a loan transfer is a sensible solution for all parties… pic.twitter.com/ITU7bim3Ts
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) September 3, 2024
The attacker never really recovered from a massive knee injury or his false identity scandal.
The new BPW series – The Bundesliga Rundown with Marcus Iredahl – continues with its second episode, covering the second matchday of the 2024/2025 Bundesliga season.
If you missed this matchday due to travel, socializing, or any other reason, this is the episode (and podcast) for you! Marcus recaps all the matchday results, offering his insights on Bayer Leverkusen’s loss and why Bayern Munich fans should be wary of a resurgent RB Leipzig. In the ‘Bundesliga Spotlight’ segment, Marcus also shines a light on the week’s most captivating moment in German football: the miracle boys from Heidenheim!
In this week’s episode, Marcus will cover:
- Why this edition of RB Leipzig feels different, and why that may lead to the Bundesliga becoming a three-horse race.
- Jonathan Tah’s agents’ comments and how they might’ve affected his game against RB Leipzig.
- Why Mainz 05’s Nadiem Amiri might become the signing of the season.
- Words do not do them justice, but Marcus tries to explain the importance of FC Heidenheim.
- Why Stuttgart are in trouble following their poor start to the 2024/25 Bundesliga season.
- A quick preview of Matchday 3, with Bayern Munich returning to Holstein Kiel for the first time since their DFB-Pokal exit back in 2021.
After a poor showing last weekend, Casemiro is on the hot seat at Manchester United:
Galatasaray are in talks with Manchester United over taking Casemiro on loan. The Brazilian has come in for heavy criticism following his display in Sunday’s defeat to Liverpool, and the Turkish transfer window remains open until September 13.
It could be debated until the end of time — should Robert Lewandowski have stayed with Bayern Munich or have made the move to FC Barcelona? Clearly Barca is happy with how things have worked out:
Laporta: “Lewandowski, I’ve a special mention for him. He is a player committed to the club”.
“When he heard that we had to make some efforts to reach the Fair Play to register players, he told us he could lower his contract in order to help the club”. pic.twitter.com/z1h7nZBgEL
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 3, 2024
Bayern Munich and Vincent Kompany gave fans another headscratcher of a performance leading into the international break. In this episode, Samrin speaks about some of the head-scratching moments:
- Vincent Kompany’s confusing lineup choices.
- What is the structural base that Kompany is trying to set up at Bayern?
- Yet another milestone (a major one) for Thomas Müller.
- A look at some of the individual performances by the players.
- A good day for Serge Gnabry.
- What is going on with the handball rule?
- A look at Julian Nagelsmann’s selections.
- A quick look at what happened in the Bundesliga including Bayer Leverkusen’s first defeat and a win for Borussia Mönchengladbach!
