With the way Bayern Munich have been performing so far this season across all competitions, it doesn’t look like there is any need for Vincent Kompany to make any sort of considerable changes, though he will even still have to see where some of his key injury returnees will fit once they are ready for selection.
All of Hiroki Itō, Jamal Musiala, and Alphonso Davies are all edging closer to making returns to full fitness and team training, so it won’t be too long before they will be able to be in the Belgian
manager’s matchday squads.
Nonetheless, Bayern still need to remain proactive and forward-thinking with regards to their squad planning for the near and long-term future, much like they had to negotiate key contract extensions for certain players last season. The work in the background really never stops for the likes of Max Eberl, Christoph Freund and Jan-Christian Dreesen when it comes to recruitment, but such is the nature of the beast at a club like Bayern.
Per information from Bild (@iMiaSanMia), Bayern have already identified one of their key transfer prospects for next summer’s transfer window. Internally, the club has shown keen interest in trying to make a move for Bayer Leverkusen wing-back Alejandro Grimaldo. As of yet, there has not been any sort of concrete contact between Bayern and the Spaniard, but he is very much being considered as a replacement of sorts for Raphaël Guerreiro, who’s future at the club remains uncertain, especially with Davies’ return to the squad being not too far away.
As things currently stand with Grimaldo, his contract with Die Werkself runs through June 2027 and the club do not have any plans of letting him go. Additionally, Leverkusen would also plan on trying to have Grimaldo sign a contract extension prior to the start of next season so that he wouldn’t be entering the final year of his contract without having put pen to paper.
It is reported that Grimaldo’s dream move would be going back to a club in Spain, where he previously played for Barcelona B and youth teams before joining Leverkusen after a stint with Benfica in Portugal. If Spanish clubs show serious interest in trying to sign Grimaldo, they would be more likely to negotiate with said prospective clubs and not ask for as high of a fee as they would from Bayern. Recent history between Bayern and Leverkusen with the transfer sagas of Jonathan Tah and the failed transfer of Florian Wirtz both certainly caused their fair share of tension between both club’s front offices.
