When new head coach Vincent Kompany chose 5 players from Bayern Munich’s U-23 team to join the senior team’s 2024 preseason in Seoul, Jonathan “Jonny” Asp Jensen could count himself as desperately unlucky not to be included. Certainly, he was the most high profile exclusion. But instead of making any kind of fuss about it, he instead turned his attention to demonstrating his ability with the U-23s in the Regionalliga, notching two goals and five assists in five games, carrying Bayern II to six wins out of the first seven games.
But Bayern already knows what a talent the club has in its ranks, which is why the news from the Bavarian’s official website that Asp Jensen’s contract has now been renewed comes as no surprise. The new contract, which comes as the 18-year-old Dane’s first professional contract, will run until 2028.
Jochen Sauer, the director of the FC Bayern Campus, had this to say: “Jonny is in his third season at the campus and, in this time, has continued to steadily develop. At the start of the current Regionalliga season he was one of the very best players in the team. We are convinced of his footballing potential and his big talent and are extremely happy that he has decided to stay with us for the next few years.”
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