The Bayern Munich Courier
Squad16 Aug 2027
Jonathan Tah damages knee ligaments — 55 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 55 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match16 Aug 2027
Bayern Munich are in among the leaders
Position 1 and 86 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad16 Aug 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Ibrahim Maza at Bayern Munich
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Ibrahim Maza is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad16 Aug 2027
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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Bayern Munich buy the years ahead of Leon Schwarz
He is 17, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market16 Aug 2027
Bayern Munich sign Paul Bauer, one for the future
Paul Bauer is 17, and Bayern Munich have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market16 Aug 2027
Bayern Munich sign Sebastian Dietrich, one for the future
Sebastian Dietrich is 17, and Bayern Munich have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market16 Aug 2027
Bayern Munich sign Klaus Schmitt, one for the future
Klaus Schmitt is 16, and Bayern Munich have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Boardroom The Bayern Munich production line keeps running
- Boardroom Bayern Munich board back the manager