The Bayern Munich Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Dayot Upamecano falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Bayern Munich
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market24 Aug 2026
Bayern Munich promote Lars Bergmann from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Lars Bergmann has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Sven Müller joins the Bayern Munich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sven Müller is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Klaus Fuchs joins the Bayern Munich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Klaus Fuchs is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market24 Aug 2026
Jürgen Peters steps up from the Bayern Munich academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jürgen Peters has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Bayern Munich are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 104529. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Branco Salinardi has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Branco Salinardi keeps the shirt for now, at Bayern Munich's convenience rather than his own.
In brief
- Squad Michael Olise is starting to look at home
- Boardroom The board put their hand in their pocket