Transfer decision

New signing out! Eberl reacts to Ito injury

Bayern's sporting director Max Eberl(Bild: GEPA)

Having just joined Bayern, new signing Hiroki Ito is out for several weeks with a broken metatarsal. However, this does not change anything in Munich's transfer plan, as Max Eberl explained at a press conference.

"It's just a shame when a player gets injured, and when it's a new signing, it's even worse. But that doesn't change our strategy," clarified the FC Bayern sporting director. 

Bayern new signing Hiroki Ito(Bild: APA/AFP/Michaela STACHE)

However, that doesn't mean that they don't want to bring in another defender ... Should Matthijs de Ligt's move to Manchester United actually go through, the club would like to welcome another player to Säbener Straße in the same position, according to reports. Jonathan Tah is said to still be at the top of the German record champions' wish list - even though the DFB defender is already preparing for the season with Bayer Leverkusen.

Fight for playing minutes
While Munich's defense was repeatedly plagued by injuries last season, an internal power struggle is looming in the coming season. With Dayot Upamecano, Minjae Kim, Eric Dier, Alphonso Davies, Raphael Guerreiro, Sacha Boey, Tarek Buchmann, Noussair Mazraoui, Josip Stanisic, Ito and possibly Tah, eleven defenders are likely to be fighting for playing time.