The Bayern Munich Courier
Transfer targets5 Jul 2027
Juventus tell Bayern Munich: Kenan Yıldız is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Michael Olise says Bayern Munich went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Bayern Munich
Harry Kane was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Bayern Munich training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dayot Upamecano is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Andreas Engel is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 15 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Serge Gnabry stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Serge Gnabry and Bayern Munich agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
A promise honoured for Dayot Upamecano
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Bayern Munich told Dayot Upamecano something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
When it matters, Dayot Upamecano plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market5 Jul 2027
Bayern Munich and Kim Min-Jae are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Boardroom Intake day at the Bayern Munich academy
- Market The Michael Olise talk will not go away
- Market The clock runs on Hiroki Ito's contract