Bayern Munich sporting chief Max Eberl addressed the critics of last summer’s transfer window this week following the Bavarians’ 3-0 Bundesliga victory over SV Werder Bremen by explaining the club’s thinking process, both then and now.
“There was a lot of talk last summer, but we finished our squad planning after the Club World Cup,” Eberl explained in comments captured by @iMiaSanMia. “Kingsley Coman then approached us again with a transfer request, which we resolved with Nicolas Jackson.
“The market
has changed a bit. We want to finalize our ‘internal transfers’ first to know what the next steps are. Once we’ve done that, we can move forward with our plans. We know exactly what we want to do. For example, when the extension with Upa finalized, we know we’re well-equipped defensively for next season, and we know we probably won’t have to bring in a new player for the position. So we’d have more opportunities for other positions.”
The Coman and Upamecano situations highlight just how much timing and leverage can affect transfer decisions. With Coman, Bayern lost a reliable contributor — though by no means a key player — with the clock ticking on the transfer window and scrambled to find options late. That likely played a role in the reported decision by the executive board to only sanction a loan signing, rather than commit to a player permanently, which in the case of Nicolas Jackson, looks wise.
With Upamecano, on the other hand, the Bavarians appear to have given the player a lot of what he wanted, if not quite everything. But in exchange, Bayern do not have to worry about a key position and can focus elsewhere in the transfer window. In each case it was the best outcome for the club.
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