The Bayern Munich Courier
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Alphonso Davies beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 32. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Match12 Sep 2026
Bayern Munich win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 91th minute. VfB Stuttgart will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market14 Sep 2026
Konrad Laimer puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Bayern Munich, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Sep 2026
Jonathan Tah wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Bayern Munich hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Match12 Sep 2026
Michael Olise the difference as Bayern Munich beat VfB Stuttgart
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Michael Olise. 2‑1 against VfB Stuttgart, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Jürgen Groß joins the Bayern Munich first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jürgen Groß is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
One of those days for Michael Olise
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.47, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
One of those days for Luis Díaz
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.43, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Joshua Kimmich is still paying for one afternoon at Bayern Munich
Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.
In brief
- The dugout A satisfied Friedrich Arnold
- Market Michael Olise linked with a move away
- The dugout The form table has caught Raphaël Guerreiro