FC Bayern Munich could wear next season’s new home shirt for the first time in the home game against RB Leipzig on Saturday – and break with tradition. Mario Basler expects neither a farewell nor an undisputed regular place for Thomas Müller. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are reportedly interested in Ajax midfielder Edson Àlvarez, 25. Goalkeeper icon Sepp Maier is convinced that Manuel Neuer will make a successful comeback. Here you can find news and rumors about FCB.
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FC Bayern: New jersey on Saturday – and revolution?
FC Bayern Munich could wear next season’s new home shirt for the first time in the home game against RB Leipzig on Saturday (6:30 p.m.). That reports the Picture. According to the report, the jersey will be officially launched already on Wednesday.
With the dress, the people of Munich are apparently breaking a tradition that has been going on for decades: Unlike what has been the norm since the late 1960s, the main color should not be red but white. The jersey has according to the platform specialized in jersey leaks Footy Headlines a white base and red sleeves. It is a homage to the kit from the 1931/32 season, when FC Bayern secured its first championship title in a similar outfit.
reported on Sunday Footy Headlinesthat FC Bayern will also surprise with its third jersey for the new season. Accordingly, the current logo will not be emblazoned on a beige background, but rather the one from 1923.
FC Bayern: Basler comments on Thomas Müller
Mario Basler expects neither a farewell nor an undisputed regular place from Thomas Müller. “Thomas Müller is FC Bayern. He will not change again,” said the long-time FC Bayern professional in his podcast “Basler ballert”.
After only sitting on the bench twice in a row, Müller returned to the starting XI in the 6-0 win against FC Schalke 04 and scored a goal. “I think he has to accept that he doesn’t play in certain games anymore,” said Basler. “He can still play against Schalke, against Hertha, but not on a big international stage. You have to be fair and honest.”
According to Basler, the competition is too big: “You have Gnabry when he performs. Sané when he performs. They are indispensable for FC Bayern, because today it’s about speed and not just about presence. Nobody has more such a fear of Thomas Müller.”
FC Bayern and BVB are trying to get Edson Àlvarez
FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are reportedly interested in the 25-year-old midfielder Edson Àlvarez from Ajax Amsterdam. According to the Dutch newspaper telegraph the two Bundesliga title rivals want to get in touch with Ajax in this regard.
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Sepp Maier: “Manuel Neuer can play the next World Cup”
Goalkeeper icon Sepp Maier is convinced that Manuel Neuer will make a successful comeback. Bayern Munich’s currently injured keeper could still be in goal for the national team after the home European Championship in summer 2024. “If he is fit again and wants to play that long at all, he can also play the next World Cup,” Maier told the news portal t-online.
Neuer is currently pursuing the goal of getting fully involved in FC Bayern team training in July in preparation for the new season. Maier is convinced that the 37-year-old will once again reach world-class level. “Of course, logically. He’ll perform the same again,” said Maier. The 79-year-old believes that Neuer, who has been out since the winter break because of a broken leg, can still play “a few more years at the top level”: “Neuer can easily play until he’s 40, 41 or 42.”
FC Bayern: summer tests against City and Liverpool
FC Bayern Munich are testing against Manchester City and Jürgen Klopp’s FC Liverpool on their trip to Asia in the pre-summer season. This was announced by the Japanese J-League and the Reds on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Munich team will meet Pep Guardiola on July 26 in the National Stadium in Tokyo, three days later there will be a game against the four-time Japanese champions Kawasaki Frontale.
The Bavarians will then travel on to Singapore as part of the “Audi Summer Tour” and will meet Liverpool FC there on August 2nd. City recently eliminated Bayern in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, while the last encounter with Liverpool was more than four years ago.
“We want to give our fans around the world the opportunity to see our players live,” said Bayern boss Oliver Kahn recently.
The Munich team was last in Japan in 2008 with their professional team, in Asia in 2017 – at that time in China and Singapore.
FC Bayern: Fiete Arp unpacks about his time in Munich
Fiete Arp critically reviewed his time at Bayern Munich. Signed in 2019 at the age of 19 as a great storm hope for three million euros from Hamburger SV, Arp did not prevail in Munich.
“I also thought to myself, ‘Is it worth all that shit?’ It has very little to do with the players and the people I worked with. That just made me want to,” Arp reported on the “Einfach Fußball” podcast. “Only I couldn’t enjoy it because of the things that were around it. Then at some point I had my shitty performance because I thought to myself: ‘F***, was it maybe too early?’ Then you start thinking and you don’t play what you can play at all.”
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