The Bayern Munich Courier
Squad24 Aug 2026
Leon Goretzka breaks a bone — 100 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 100 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market24 Aug 2026
Rasmus Højlund arrives at Bayern Munich in a $52.1M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Bayern Munich have paid $52.1M for Rasmus Højlund, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Rasmus Højlund gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Rasmus Højlund has just signed for Bayern Munich, and for once the answer mattered.
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
Graduation day at Bayern Munich
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market24 Aug 2026
One of our own: Niklas Meier joins the Bayern Munich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Niklas Meier 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
Bayern Munich promote Niklas Werner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Niklas Werner 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
Sven Winter steps up from the Bayern Munich academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sven Winter 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Bayern Munich are making the ground bigger
- Boardroom The board put their hand in their pocket