Bayern Munich’s high profile loss in the battle for former Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz stung the club and gave its critics an opening to examine why the Germany international became the latest
talent to leave the country in favor another league.
In this case, of course, Wirtz chose Liverpool.
Wirtz is not alone, though, several big name players have opted to go abroad in recent years, leading Dwight Yorke to make the determination that the Bavarians just are not the domestic draw to player that they used to be.
Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Huge Ekitike (Eintracht Frankfurt), Benjamin Šeško (RB Leipzig), and a host of other players from the Bundesliga have jumped to other leagues after being — at least — loosely linked to Bayern Munich in recent years.
For Yorke, that is a trend.
“I think if you look at German football, all of them wanted to come here (to England), didn’t they? All the players outside of Bayern, unique players, every one of them used to run to go to Bayern. They don’t want to go to Bayern anymore,” Yorke told FootItalia. “The whole world wants to come here to the Premier League. Omar Marmoush, Florian Wirtz and all these guys. Bayern are interested in getting these players. Bayern used to be like Manchester United in taking the best players from the rest of the league, it’s not like that anymore.”
There is at least a bit of context needed as some players who Bayern Munich might have interest in can easily look at depth chart and see a very difficult pathway to consistent playing time or a starting job.
While Yorke is correct in that the Bundesliga does lose some players when Premier League clubs come calling, it is not always about the bright lights on the island that is the big draw. Sometimes, it is just comes down to an excessive salary offer or a much stronger chance for a starting gig.
At Bayern Munich, both of those things can be difficult to get at times.
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