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First talks with the next Ajax star?

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May 3, 2022

FC Bayern has allegedly already contacted the management of an Ajax star. Coach Julian Nagelsmann meanwhile explains his plans for the coming season and finally there will be another championship celebration at Marienplatz. Current news and rumors about FC Bayern.

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FC Bayern, rumours: First talks with Jurrien Timber?

The rumor recently came up about Bayern’s interest in Ajax’s central defender Jurrien Timber. sky now follows up and confirms that there have already been initial discussions between Bayern and the player’s management.

The 20-year-old still has a contract in Amsterdam until 2024, so a transfer fee would be due. According to reports, this should be well over 20 million euros for the national player.

With the Ajax pros Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui there are two teammates of Timber who are about to move to Munich, Timber, on the other hand, could compensate for the free transfer of national player Niklas Süle to Dortmund.

FC Bayern, News: Championship celebrations again on the town hall balcony

In the last two years, the record champions had to celebrate their titles in private – but now a break with the fans is possible and planned again. On Monday, the city of Munich announced that the day after the last game of the season at VfL Wolfsburg, Bayern will be welcomed by Mayor Dieter Reiter in the town hall.

Afterwards, as usual before the pandemic, we go out onto the town hall balcony. The fans then meet again at Marienplatz to celebrate the tenth consecutive championship and the first after two years of absence with their team.

Final sprint bankruptcies: Do Bayern really distort the competition?

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Felix Magath got upset after FC Bayern’s 3-1 draw in Mainz as a precaution. Because next weekend Munich will play against Stuttgart – and could ensure that Magath’s Hertha and Bielefeld get into trouble.

2/31

“FC Bayern are champions, I don’t know if he’s stopped playing now,” said Magath two days before the end and, in view of Munich’s Ibiza vacation, added to Bild: “I definitely wouldn’t do something like that to permit.”

3/31

FC Bayern and the supposed distortion of competition after winning titles – an eternal topic. SPOX looks at the past ten titles of the subscription champion. Master and then air out?

4/31

The 2012/13 season was historic for Bayern with the treble. The championship was the least of the problems along the way. They bagged the title in Frankfurt on matchday 28 – a record at the time!

5/31

So there were still six games to go – but Bayern’s motivation seemed to be as high as ever. No sign of distortion of competition! Nuremberg, Hanover, Freiburg, Augsburg and Gladbach were beaten, and there was a 1-1 draw against Dortmund.

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At the time, Bayern had big goals in mind: In addition to the two titles in the Cup and Champions League, they also set the record for points in the Bundesliga. They got 91 points in the end. Impressive!

7/31

A year later it got even more absurd. This time Bayern made everything clear on matchday 27. Wearing gloves and scarves, they celebrated in front of the guest curve in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

8/31

Up to this point, Bayern had 25 wins and two draws. Not a single game was lost. But then Pep Guardiola’s team obviously lost their tension. 3:3 against Hoffenheim, 0:1 in Augsburg, 0:3 against Dortmund!

9/31

“The Bundesliga is over for us,” Guardiola announced before the defeat at Augsburg: “Our goal is the Champions League.” A lot of criticism followed and a clear defeat in the semifinals against Real Madrid. A serious communication error?

10/31

In 2015, Bayern became champions early on. On Matchday 30 they beat Hertha BSC 1-0, the next day the competitor from Wolfsburg lost 0-1 in Mönchengladbach – winning the title on the couch! Casual and relaxed.

11/31

The following weeks were then also relaxed and relaxed. 0:2 in Leverkusen, 0:1 at home against FC Augsburg and a 1:2 in Freiburg – Bayern went on vacation early. The FCA was happy.

12/31

At the end of the season, Augsburg were fifth in the Bundesliga table – one point ahead of Schalke 04 and three ahead of BVB. With a worse goal difference. Bayern’s revenge on Dortmund for the end of the cup semifinals?

13/31

People were also angry elsewhere: “I’m very disappointed with how Bayern gave away the points last time,” said Wolfsburg’s Klaus Allofs at the time. Freiburg also almost benefited from the win against Bayern, but then went down narrowly.

14/31

In 2016 there wasn’t that much time for Pep Guardiola’s side to distort the competition. Only on matchday 33 did they win the title with a 2-1 win at FC Ingolstadt, because Dortmund kept pace under Tuchel for a long time.

15/31

On the last day of the game at home against Hannover 96 it was all about nothing. The Lower Saxony were already relegated. The Munich team still won 3-1. Accordingly, there were no allegations against FC Bayern when Guardiola said goodbye.

16/31

In 2017, Bayern did it the other way around: first a weak phase and then the secure title. In Hoffenheim (0:1), Leverkusen (0:0) and against Mainz 05 (2:2) Munich dropped points, then they won the title with a 6:0 win over Wolfsburg.

17/31

After 26 games, Bayern were already 13 points ahead of RB Leipzig. With the defeat against Hoffenheim and the subsequent 4-1 win against Dortmund, they made life difficult for BVB again.

18/31

Mainz would have had to play relegation without the point in Munich. But there weren’t any big discussions at the time. After all, Bayern weren’t champions at that point. Clever, Mr. Ancelotti!

19/31

The 2017/18 season started with little promise for Bayern – Ancelotti even had to go. With Jupp Heynckes, the Munich team then easily cruised to the title again. On the 29th day of play, they defeated Augsburg 4-1 away from home – and won the cup.

20/31

There was initially no significant intervention in the competition, six clear victories followed – including a 6-0 win over BVB. On the last day of the game Bayern lost 4-1 at home to Stuttgart.

21/31

VfB pushed Eintracht Frankfurt to eighth place in the Bundesliga – the theoretical ticket for the Europa League. But nothing there: The SBU let Bayern feel what they think of it, won the cup final and thus regained the EL place.

22/31

In 2019, Bayern had to tremble for too long to be able to distort anything. Under coach Niko Kovac, Munich started the season extremely badly and were nine points behind Dortmund.

23/31

On the last day of the game, Bayern won 5-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt and became champions by two points. There were profiteers with Gladbach (3:0), Hertha (2:0), Augsburg (1:1), Freiburg (1:1) and Düsseldorf (3:3) this time in the first half of the season.

24/31

In 2020, Bayern didn’t get into debt either. On the contrary: under Hansi Flick they have not won only one game since matchday 15: 0-0 against RB Leipzig. distortion of competition? Not a trace!

25/31

In the end, Bayern became champions with a 13-point lead, but completed their tasks confidently. FCB made everything clear on matchday 32 with a 1-0 win at Werder Bremen, who were later almost relegated.

26/31

The 2021 season finale offered more potential for friction again. On Matchday 27, Bayern did not become champions, but they defeated their pursuer RB Leipzig 1-0. On the day after that, Union drew 1-1 in the Munich Arena.

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A few match days later, Mainz 05 defeated Bayern 2-1 and SC Freiburg also celebrated a 2-2 win against the champions on match day 33 – the consequences were manageable, however.

28/31

Union qualified for the Conference League through the point in Munich – but before the FCB championship was established. In the end, Bayern stumbled without much influence. lucky!

29/31

And this season? The 3-1 defeat in Mainz will only have a minor impact on the Bundesliga. The 05ers are in no man’s land in the table and only fight for one or the other euro that comes with a better placement.

30/31

The decisive factor will be the performance against VfB Stuttgart. Julian Nagelsmann has already countered Magath’s allegations. “That’s very clever of him. He won’t do it entirely unselfishly,” he said annoyed.

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Stuttgart’s Sven Mislintat replied to Hertha that they “have it in their own hands” and don’t need Bayern. A point loss by Bayern would still have a strong taste. Will the Ibiza vacationers pull themselves together in time?

FC Bayern, News: More variability in the coming season

When analyzing Mainz’s non-performance, coach Julian Nagelsmann also announced that he would soon retrain his players for other playing positions. “I’m currently creating position profiles that we feed with videos so that every player, if he plays in an unfamiliar position next season, can look at his cell phone and see the four or five points in the video that are in demand in terms of position,” said Nagelsmann.

Conversely, this means that players could soon rotate in their positions and areas of responsibility.

FC Bayern, News: The Ibiza trip is just a start

Hasan Salihamidzic called the short trip of some players to the party island a “team-building measure”, and there was great criticism. But there should also be more joint activities within the team in Munich in the future.

Joint dinners, for example, to strengthen team spirit and cohesion. Coach Nagelsmann never really liked the fact that the players left the arena scattered to the four winds, especially after the home games…