Bayern Munich has taken its hits this transfer window — going toe-to-toe with Premier League clubs like Liverpool for the likes of Florian Wirtz and striking out.
While the Bavarians have added a major star in Luis Díaz (also from Liverpool), the rest of the transfer window has felt like one rejection after another. Now, it’s a late scramble just to plug the gaps left in the roster. Is the situation dire? Not to Bayern execs’ eyes.
“Bayern is a very big, very attractive club,” Freund explained in comments
captured by @iMiaSanMia. “Players can win titles here and play in Europe. It’s always down to the player where he goes.
“The Premier League has lots of arguments in their favor; they’re in another league financially. But we as Bayern Munich are also very good and understand our role. We need to do our thing, can’t copy others. There are always other clubs who can compete with English clubs because they do good work. Everything needs to work together. That’s the nice thing about football — you can create other opportunities for yourself.”
Indeed, as the blockbuster Newcastle United transfer for Nick Woltemade has shown, it is silly money getting thrown around for transfers these days. That’s all well and good if you have a Premier League TV deal or…another source of backing. But for a club like Bayern, that aspires to compete among the best but needs to take care of its own finances in order to do so, it just makes the task that much harder.
But Bayern has never been a club to shy away from the challenge.
