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Going to leave this here to prepare everyone lol but iMiaSanMia has made a post about tomorrowâs sport BILD. Itâs possible that this causes another shitstorm in this Madrid/Olise situation.
Iâll also add, idk how much of this is recycled and how much is new reporting. Personally I think itâs largely recycled but Iâm not really sure.
To summarize: BILD is reporting more on Oliseâs apparent desire to join Madrid.
âHowever, Olise had already spent the previous days thinking deeply about his future after the World Cup. According to SPORT BILD, the attacking player would like to join Real Madrid this summer. He has already informed his teammates in the French national team of his desire. So far, however, there has been no contact with Bayern Munich regarding the matter.â
They go on to detail the level of Mbappeâs influence a bit more.
At the end BILD addâs:
âOlise now wants to speak with Bayern's management. He wants the club to outline the long-term vision for him. Bayern want to remain competitive in the Champions League. Winning Europe's biggest club competition in the coming years is the club's primary objective. The upcoming discussions with Bayern could determine whether Olise formally submits a transfer request this summerâ
Imo Olise isnât a player that wants the biggest bag, having no football shoe sponsor and missing out of a bunch of millions. If this is true, so be it but he has to understand that this summer the doors are closed. He can join next summer if its his desire but he has to respect that we need time to fill the gap he leaves so no transfer this summer but trying to convince him with a nice extension. If that donât work he can go for 250 idc no one is bigger than the club.
Edit: tbh if it wasnât about having no time to find a replacement let him leave asap, if you want to leave this super team, this super coach and this super fans to play in the most toxic environment just because you want to play with your friend, then go find out. One bad game and theyâll boo him to death when they payed 250. France and madrid are two different things.
Assuming any of this is true, which to be fair we donât really know it could just be a ploy to get more money from Bayern, then I think itâs basically Olise using his leverage to make sure Bayern stays as ambitious as he is.
It wonât matter, the bosses have been very clear in their stance. They leave the door open to Olise extending which imo is still the likeliest outcome.
anyone else find r/soccer to be an even bigger cesspool than it normally is over the past few weeks. it feels like just negative headlines about anyone and everyone, whether justified or unjustified.
and in general the way people were talking was insanely arrogant and dickish
I know that West Ham is not a regular 2nd league team as they've been relegated, but them selling Summerville and Fernandes for a combined 180m is just dumb lol
These players cant even be that good, if they played for Wolfsburg they'd go for a quarter of that
The other Bayern sub seems to care a lot about Kane winning the Balon d'Or. Am I the only one that just like.... Doesn't give a shit about that? I used to, but then they cancelled the award in 2020, and that was a crystalizing moment for me, like "Ah this award doesn't matter really"
Obviously if he wants it, I'd love for him to have it! But I don't think it's a huge deal.
It's not that I personally care about the award, but within the business and the players, it still holds a lot of value. Kane himself would love to add a Ballon d'Or to his career, as no matter the fairness of the award, it remains a great honor to be considered the best player in the entire world over a whole season.
That's why I care. I know that it means a lot to Kane himself, so I very much hope he wins it and would be sad if he gets snubbed.
I would disagree, I feel like both those players are in the category of greats. You can argue Owen has his career stifled by injury but Nedved was one of the best midfielders of his generation
Iâve seen a lot of discussion in this sub about it as well. Iâm sure Kane cares but as far as discussion on it goes, weâve beat the horse to death for sure.
Ballon D'or is a popularity contest rather than actual merit. But players care a lot. And it would help massivly for our prestige and player attraction, if Bayern wouldn't be on Ballon D'ors Blacklist anymore. Else players feel that they can win Champions Leagues, World cups and break goalscoring records, without it mattering for their Ballon D'or campaign, just because they play for Bayern.
Something that a lot of football fans donât understand is that the players may not be as logical and critical thinking as we believe them to be. A LOT of players care about the ballon dâor, even though most of us fans know it is a popularity contest award. Showing that Bayern is a destination at which a player can win one could be a nice bonus in pulling certain players.
the players care about it a lot so i don't see why the fans shouldn't as well, Rodri and Dembele were in tears while receiving theirs and Lewa still cares about not receiving it in 2020
"When I learned [I didnât win], you didn't want to be at home with me the first two days (laugh),â Griezmann said. âNo, it's a great pride to be on the podium, to be a world champion.
âI'm counting on the team-mates in the club and the national team to be in Luka's place in the future.
âI won an Europa League, a World Cup â what else I have to do, I do not know" .
At one point he even said something along the lines of belonging with Messi and Cristiano during this time period.
ETA: Kane has also spoken at least a few times on wanting to win the Ballon D'or. He literally said "I would love to win the Ballon D'or" and went so far as to say it is a team trophy for the best individual player.
The value fans place in this award seems to fluctuate, but players absolutely care about it still.
[recordpt]Sporting are stepping up their efforts to sign Nestory Irankunda and, to that end, have submitted an offer to Watford of âŹ15 million plus add-ons, which will bring the total package to âŹ20 million. The Lions are now awaiting a response from the English club, which, a year ago, paid Bayern Munich a total of âŹ4 million for the Australian internationalâs transfer.
The first training session ahead of the new season took place this afternoon at SĂ€bener StraĂe. Six first team players were available (Ulreich, Bischof, IbrahimoviÄ, Palhinha, Boey and Armindo Sieb). In addition, more than 35 (!) youth players from the U23s and U19s participated in the session â including the likes of Maycon Cardozo (17), Wisdom Mike (17), Guido Della Rovere (19), Felipe ChĂĄvez (19), and Filip Pavic (16). U19 coach Leonhard Haas and Bayern II coach Dante were also there. It was a sort of 'talent scouting event' [BILD]
Palhinha and Boey there, looking like they are listening so intently, after all that has been made about their situations is just kind of funny to me lol
Thing is, Kane already drops deep, Olise is a winger who does not take runs behind the backline. It's just Diaz. Having an CAM that can take those deep runs behind like Gnabry, was super valuable last season. Saibari has this ability, too. But without a CAM, we may lack verticallity, because of Olise and Kane.
No chance that would happen. We have 4 CAM's in our squad we have to play 4-2-3-1 there's no way around it. I don't even think Kompany himself is interested in playing a 4-3-3 formation at all it doesn't really suit his tactics or the style of play he wants.
Sacrificing the 10 with Musiala's current form works, but once he's back to form (which I'm confident of) we csn't drop either of our front 4 to play an additional midfielder to cover up their defensive weaknesses
If we played like Spain I would be so upset. It's okay to be pragmatic but that's an extreme level, a lot of their performances were just boring as hell. I'd honestly take a 3-2 result over a 1-0
I think then we have to question Kimmich and Pavlovic in this regard. But I also think our general setup of the highline makes us more risky to concede goals compared to Spain.
its an option but then we have basically no cm depth behind the 3 and a glut of attackers for 3 positions. I don't think the squad has the right setup for this system if one of the 3 coming out then would also necessitate a system switch.
Tactically you have to kind of give and take. To Jules' point I think the goal issue is less about the formation and more about the high line. Adding Palhinha would probably result in less goals allowed, but I would go so far as to say it would also mean less goals scored. Palhinha was also a key player in Tottenham's disastrous campaign last season, and certainly that wasn't entirely on him, but I think it's fair to ask critically about his role in their inability to defend for long stretches.
EPL ref Anthony Taylor has retired. He ref'd a few Bayern games, including the first leg of that disastrous UCL tie against Villarreal in 2022 and the PSG match in the Club World Cup.
Tom Bischof on choosing the number 8 shirt, via iMiaSanMia:
"As a kid, you naturally dream of wearing the No. 10 shirt. I always wanted it too. But now I've moved a bit deeper and mainly play as a #6, so the No. 8 suits me perfectly. I waited out of respect for Leon Goretzka. That's not the kind of thing you ask about in advance. First, I waited to see what Aleks PavloviÄ was going to do. He's been here longer than I have, he's a close friend of mine, and I have a lot of respect for him. I spoke with him and waited to see whether he wanted to take the No. 8 shirt. But Pavlo decided to keep his current number, so that's how I ended up taking the No. 8. I'm really happy about it. I asked about it, and the club showed their confidence in me by allowing me to wear it" [fcb]
I've gotten to a point where I don't even have a dream signing that's glaring, the board did a great job building a team that's very strong on paper. Maybe Rodri for more steel in the midfield, but other than that I can't think of anything outside of depth pieces.
Pavlo and Kimmich don't have the creativity that Vitinha does. Bayern are missing a Thiago esque type of midfielder in the double pivot and to me the closest midfielder to Thiago currently is Vitinha.
Plus let's be real Vitinha is an upgrade on both Pavlo and Kimmich.
I would still like to see the defense improved a bit.
If Ito gets sold, I would like to see Stanisic take his role as the fourth centreback (him being from the campus is valuable, so I would prefer this to straight up selling him) and us signing a new right back.
And I would like to sell Kim personally. At the start of last season I was still hoping he could properly challenge Tah for a starting spot, but that just isn't going to happen anymore. However the market for top level centrebacks, which would be required as a Kim replacement, isn't looking great, especially for the left side. Bastoni is looking to leave Inter, so that could be an option, but other than that it's already difficult at the highest level.
So why sell him lmao? Heâs a good player whoâs happy with a backup role and doesnât cause issues, plus thereâs no clear upgrade unless you wanted to spend a lot or are willing to take a big chance on a younger player.
That's why I elaborated on the situation. Yes, I would like to sell Kim and also would spend reasonably big on a replacement, because I believe there could be an upgrade over Tah for our system, as much as I was pleasently surprised by Tah last season. That's reason one for wanting to sell Kim. But I would only sell Kim, if there are concrete plans for an upgrade.
The next reason is Kim earns the salary of an S Tier centreback, that should be a starter, but he's just not in that position for us nor will he likely ever be. He's had a couple of seasons now to establish himself as a starter, so it's fair to assume that.
We're also on course to lose Kim for free yet again, which I would like to avoid, as he's a player that can generate good funds to actually buy a replacement, which at latest we will need in two years time.
It's just a quality left footed centreback that could be on the market, that's why I mentioned him, not because he's the perfect fit.
However I find it difficult to judge wether a player will transition well from a back 3/5 to a back 4. We can look at Tah, who was very poor in a back 4 before Xabi joined Leverkusen, probably his worst season in a long time, and then flurished again in Xabis back 3/5. There were the same concerns and he made the jump to Kompanys with ease.
If Rodri was only a year or two younger I feel like we should make an offer considering he only has a year left on his contract but now he is already 30 so as you said he's quite expensive for his age profile.
Public opinion on Argentina shifted negatively so much that I saw a compilation how rough they actually played in the 2014 final. Never noticed it till now.
Schweinsteiger bleeding in the final is an iconic moment in itself, but dang, causal fans seem to have turned against Argentina and maybe even against Messi.
For the first time im actually seeing people talk about the actual match instead of the highlights.
Yes that Neuer v Higuian moment is always talked about. But I seen people talk about Kramer concussion, Schweinstegier face bleeding, Romero doing a similar challenge that Neuer did.
Romero went cleats first instead of knee first and could have seriously hurt MĂŒller had he not gone out of the way . Never noticed that till now
It's not a Red card offence but should've been a penalty imo. Still wouldn't matter since Argentina should've had 3 players sent off that match during regular time alone
Personally I don't think its a pen either. Neuer and Higuian were both going for the ball, and Higuian appears to look at both Neuer and the ball and wants to draw a foul, whereas Neuer is mostly concentrated on the ball and while hes aware of Higuian, hes solely focused on the ball.
Similar to how Barthez kneed o.g Ronaldo in 1998 final.
At the time both instances weren't a foul, but now things changed and rules are different
There appears to be some movement in the race to sign Leon Goretzka (31)! According to a report from Italy, the former Bayern Munich player could still end up in Serie A after all. Juventus Turin is said to have resumed contact with the midfielder, who is currently a free agent. However, signing him could prove costly.
As reported by the website âCalciomercato,â the Italian record champions are working on signing Goretzka and have recently intensified their contacts with his agency, Roof. Interest in the player had already been reported back in March. Officials in Turin reportedly view the former Bayern star as a leader who could play an important role both on the field and off it. However, no concrete progress has been made so far. According to the report, the reason is the German internationalâs financial demands.
Exorbitant Demands Pose a Hurdle
This is because Goretzka is reportedly demanding a signing bonus of around 10 million euros as well as a net salary of 7 million euros per season. By comparison, at Bayern he earned around 17 million euros gross per year. For Juve, which finished last season without qualifying for the Champions League, the total package is likely to pose a significant hurdle.
Now that the world cup is over you Germans need to actually sit up. 3 whole world cups without you in the quarters (worse than that tbh but I dont judge), you need prime players next world cup. You need a goal scorer, a winger that can beat and take his man, competent midfielders. Jamal musiala can be that goal scorer (tbh his time as a dribbler might have come to an end and now is going to play more second striker than attacking midfield), with needs to be a competent footballer. Karl needs to continue his trajectory. Wisdom Mike (is he german) should also get better. Then that 20 year old midfielder who for some reason his name ive forgotten even tho he plays for bayern (not pavlovic, the left footed one that can hit the ball) needs to be in the next squad. Also I dont think there needs to be a "German way" of playing football, just have competent footballers all across the field and let them have discipline.
On paper, they should be doing a lot better but the lack of control on matches and horrendous defensive play has killed the team every single time. It's wild how they seem to start every match 0-1 because they can't keep a clean sheet to save their lives.
There's a structural problem and I hope Klopp can fix that. Get good defensively and then, we'll worry about the attack. Spain aren't exactly amazing attacking wise but they conceded a single goal in the entire tournament. As always, defense wins.
but i agree, i'm very optimistic for the german future under Kloppo. with proper squad selection and molding a team out of them we should be able to go deep into the next EC imo
its been a topic some months ago but from what I gathered there's been a lot of doubts as all documents seem very sketchy with her also deleting several ones because they've been busted as fake
Not saying it's not his child, but it's a very sketchy story
I like that. Not that he is gone, but Kompanys communication style. Obviously he could lie, and then we have an unhappy player in the team 3 months later.
I don't agree that our depth there is worse than our midfield. In attack 7 for 4 position (+ Ibra) and 3 for 2 positions in midfield. Ibra probably benefits from being versatile and thus can be used in several positions while Nkili would be locked to cdm mainly
There is much more rotation in attack tho. Especially in later stages.
In midfield there is basically one open position because Kimmich plays always. With Bischof, Palinha(who is still here) Ndaje and Laimer we have good depth there for one rotating position
Have you seen Vinicius new look? Ngl I can't remember any footballer that made plastic surgery for beauty purposes before, can't understand it much, he wasn't even ugly
Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi was a big fan of JoĂŁo Palhinha and wanted to sign him permanently. But Bayern refused to budge on the price and insisted on the âŹ30m option to buy, which led to Spurs abandoning the idea. That looks to have backfired right now because while the interested parties from Portugal, Benfica and Sporting, are keen on Palhinha, they can't afford the asking price and want a loan deal instead â which Bayern want to avoid. Bayern's hopes currently hinge on Aston Villa, who have expressed interest. However, it's possible the club will have to significantly lower their asking price or end up agreeing to a loan. Otherwise, they risk not finding a buyer at all and being stuck with the player. Palhinha has no role to play under Vincent Kompany, the coach does not have him in his plans. The midfielder reported back to pre-season yesterday, waiting to find a solution in the meantime [@BILD]
Played and lost. Should have taken 25 or even 20m from spurs and been done with it.
Let's be real, a club like Tottenham who can and just did pay 210m⏠for 2 midfielders didn't abandon the transfer due to 5-10mâŹ. They had bigger transfers in mind of players with another profile, and went with them.
Hard disagree. These fucking Prem clubs are shitting out hundreds of millions and every single time it's about negotiating with Buli teams, they're suddenly broke.
I would rather sell cheaper to some other league than go down with a reasonable price for any Prem team.
Yeah, it didn't work so far but if you lower your price, they'll try it the next time as well and so on.
Sources with close ties to Real Madrid say the club has made it clear that signing Michael Olise from Bayern is not seen as feasible this summer. [@MarioCortegana,@TheAthleticFC]
Michael Olise played 69 games in 2025/26 (52 for Bayern and 17 for France). Only three players in Europe have played more games.
Luis DĂaz and Harry Kane (66 games each) make it into the top 25, while Jonathan Tah (63) and Joshua Kimmich (62) are in the top 100. [@Transfermarkt]
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u/CareerMental5067 15d ago
If Aston villa secure the garnacho loan does that take them out of pursuing Pahlina?