When recently asked about so many “failed” pursuits from last summer, Bayern Munich board member for sport Max Eberl said that is was all overblown.
“Your impression is related to the fact that many names were circulating but were never a topic of discussion for us. In general, I’ve noticed that transfer topics are treated with a lot of excitement in public these days. Some people automatically consider someone who can dribble or score a lot of goals a candidate for Bayern. Less visible factors such
as running stats or injury record are almost never mentioned in the media,” Eberl told 11FREUNDE (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “Of course it was an intense phase, because we started the season with three injured starters, and Kingsley Coman expressed his desire to move to Saudi Arabia right at the end. But as a club, we had a clear plan for how to strengthen our squad, and we implemented it. Even before the Club World Cup, we signed Tom Bischof and Jonathan Tah on free transfers. Luis Díaz joined us in mid-July. That’s why all the fuss you’re referring to never bothered me.
“Christoph Freund and I know the market, and we discuss in close consultation with Vincent Kompany and the scouting department which players might be suitable. We determine what they would cost and whether they would like to join FC Bayern. If we want to sign someone, we discuss the details with Jan Dreesen and then present the potential transfer to the supervisory board led by Herbert Hainer, where, in particular, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Uli Hoeneß, we also have sporting expertise.”
Bayern Munich has no shortage of “know how” when it comes to the transfer game and part of what comes along with that is dealing with the rumors. Maybe Eberl could have simply paraphrased The Wire’s Omar Little: “It’s all in the game” to say how he feels about the multitude of reports we see every season.
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