Jonathan Tah

Central Defender - Bayern Munich
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Process

Marked for Jonathan Tah

22 Edition

The Bayern Munich Courier

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Jonathan Tah sends Bayern Munich through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Jonathan Tah obliged against Heidenheim. 3‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Bayern Munich.

Match

Harry Kane leads the rout of Borussia Mönchengladbach

3‑0, and Harry Kane took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Bayern Munich tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Player ratings

Harry Kane scores twice — 9.08

Two goals and a mark of 9.08 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Match

Bayern Munich are top

39 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.

Squad

Michael Olise is in the form of his life

A season average of 7.57 with 18 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.

Match

Nobody wins at Bayern Munich

11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.

Match

Nobody wants to play Bayern Munich right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad

Words exchanged at Bayern Munich

Levi Colwill and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Player ratings

One of those days for Serge Gnabry

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.53, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

In brief

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20 Edition

The Bayern Munich Courier

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Whatever happens, Bayern Munich do not lose

14 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad

Defences have started doubling up on Michael Olise

15 goals and a season average of 7.49 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.

Squad

Words exchanged at Bayern Munich

Dayot Upamecano and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

After 6 games, Bayern Munich finally taste it again

The first defeat in 6 matches. The manager will say it had to come; the dressing room will say it did not have to come against Mainz 05; the supporters will say both, in that order, all week.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Michael Olise

Marked 8.57 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

The dugout

No hiding place for Jonathan Tah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jonathan Tah, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Luis Díaz in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

The dugout

Michael Olise gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Michael Olise is on it.

Match

Bayern Munich share the spoils with Mainz 05

A 1‑1 draw with Mainz 05 leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief

9 Edition

The Bayern Munich Courier

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Luis Díaz has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Bayern Munich can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Player ratings

Nobody on the pitch touched Harry Kane

7.74, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Bayern Munich had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.

Match

Honours even between Bayern Munich and SC Freiburg

1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: René Albrecht on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

Market

The Joshua Kimmich question follows Bayern Munich around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Joshua Kimmich’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Market

The shop window has Kim Min-Jae in it

Bayern Munich have let the market know Kim Min-Jae can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Squad

The division's best last weekend was a Bayern Munich man

It is a small honour and it is not nothing: somebody watched every match in the division and decided that Jamal Musiala was the best thing in any of them.

The dugout

No place in the plan for Jonathan Tah

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Jonas Urbig

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Köln in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

In brief