Dusan Vlahovic should continue to be an issue at Bayern Munich. Oliver Kahn was apparently informed of his dismissal via email. Thomas Tuchel could temporarily step in as Salihamidzic’s successor. Also: Yann Sommer may well leave the club. All news and rumors about FC Bayern can be found here.
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FC Bayern, rumor: Vlahovic still an issue
In the past few weeks and months, the name Dusan Vlahovic has been haunting the rumor mill when it came to possible candidates for Bavaria’s new number one in the storm center.
Loud skyReporter Florian Plettenberg, the Serb is still an issue in Munich, which is mainly due to coach Thomas Tuchel, who is said to be a big fan of Vlahovic.
With returnee Karl-Heinz-Rummenigge, Bayern also has excellent contacts with his club Juventus Turin, where the striker is still under contract until 2026.
However, there are still differences in the ideas of the transfer fee. While Juve is said to be asking around 80 million euros for Vlahovic, the Munich team is not willing to put such a large sum on the table.
In order to be able to finance the Serbs, there should therefore also be consideration of letting Sadio Mané move to Turin by way of a swap deal. After a weak season in Munich, this is about to end anyway.
FC Bayern, rumor: Kahn was probably dismissed by email
Bavaria’s former CEO Oliver Kahn is said to have heard about his dismissal via email. That reports the Picture-Newspaper. After a phone call on Thursday morning, when President Herbert Hainer and Honorary President Uli Hoeneß informed about the intention of the exemption, Kahn am could no longer be reached.
He neither appeared at the extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board called on Friday afternoon, nor did the ex-keeper answer any of Hainer’s calls. On Saturday morning, the club management therefore decided to inform Kahn via email about his official recall.
The first conversation with Kahn on Thursday was “not a pleasant conversation,” Hoeneß said table football with. Kahn verbally shot at the new boss Jan-Christian Dreesen. That’s why he was advised not to travel to the “final” in Cologne.
Kahn himself recently agreed to conciliatory tones in the heated controversy with the record champions. “We will sit down – when everything has cooled down – and talk about everything in peace,” he said Picture-Newspaper.
FC Bayern, rumor: Tuchel as Salihamidzic’s successor?
By Christmas at the latest, FC Bayern wants to have found a successor for the released sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, said Bayern’s honorary president Uli Hoeneß on Monday table football.
However, in order to have a squad planner in preparation for the coming season, FC Bayern should consider entrusting coach Thomas Tuchel with this role on an interim basis. This is from a report by Picture– Newspaper out.
The 49-year-old was given at least a similar responsibility during his time as a Chelsea coach. In the Premier League, it is common for the responsible coaches of a professional team to act as a kind of sporting director for their respective club.
According to various media reports, the two sports directors of Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig, Markus Krösche and Max Eberl, are the hottest candidates in the race to succeed Salihamidzic. In addition, with Arjen Robben and Bastian Schweinsteiger, former players with stable smell were also mentioned as options.
FC Bayern, rumor: Álvarez no longer an issue
In addition to Dusan Vlahovic, Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez was also considered a signing candidate. According to information from Sky reporter Florian Plettenberg, a transfer of the 23-year-old is now finally off the table.
In any case, it was said recently that the Argentine world champion, whose contract with the Ciitizens runs until 2028, wants to prevail in Manchester under Pep Guardiola. He has made 49 appearances this season, contributing 17 goals and five assists. Most of the time, however, he had to be content with the place behind Erling Haaland.
FC Bayern, rumor: Sommer may leave the club
Only in the last winter transfer window did FC Bayern keeper Yann Sommer replace the injured Manuel Neuer. Now the time of the Swiss in Munich could be over, like that Picture– Newspaper reports.
According to this, Sommer can leave in the coming transfer window if coach Thomas Tuchel does not plan him as a first-choice goalkeeper. Tuchel recently let it be known that after Neuer’s return, he would rather be planning with the German national keeper as number one.
“First of all, I’m really happy about this championship title! Now comes the national team and the holidays. I still have two years of contract here in Munich, I haven’t been here that long. So completely relaxed…”, Sommer should say at the Bayern championship celebrations have not yet commented on his future.
