German national team coach Julian Nagelsmann admitted he gave Nick Woltemade “some advice”, but insists he did not interfere with Woltemade’s transfer situation, which ultimately saw the attacker unable to make the move to Bayern Munich before jumping to Newcastle United.
“I think it’s unfortunate on all sides that everything was played out so publicly. Of course, I gave him some advice – not where he should move, I don’t do that – but that players have to play [regularly]. I didn’t consider a few
of the summer transfers to be entirely fortunate. Because then players go from 100% playing time to 15%,” Nagelsmann said (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “That doesn’t do me much good as a national team coach. I told Nick he’s welcome to move to Bayern if he wants to. But he should also make it clear to them that with 25% playing time, things would be tight for him for the World Cup.”
Man…for someone who did not want to interfere, it sure sounds like his conversation with Woltemade could have played a role in things.
Bayern Munich’s transfer window has been wild and the team has some, well, gaps. How can things all come together?
Let’s explore what has been happening, where things might be going, and why not everything has looked great so far on this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works Show:
- Fans are frustrated, but it is not time to panic. There are reasons for the issues we are seeing.
- How does Bayern Munich end up in these transfer situations? Nicolas Jackson-to-Bayern Munich became a complete mess.
- Bayern tried to get Atalanta’s Ademola Lookman.
- There seems to be heat in the Bayern offices and it seems to be wearing on Max Eberl.
- Have we already seen the best of Aleksandar Pavlović?
- Erik ten Hag on the hot seat?
