Yann Sommer, keeper of Borussia Mönchengladbach, here on December 28, 2022 at a training session in Borussia Park.
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At Bayern, a solution to the goalkeeping issue is emerging. The record champions have been digging at keeper Yann Sommer (34) from Borussia Mönchengladbach for weeks. Will the deal be completed before the Bundesliga restart next weekend?
Everything okay with Yann Sommer? Gladbach-Keeper might already be in goal for Bayern once morest Leipzig
Is the tough summer theater slowly coming to an end? At least that’s what the latest statements by Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann (35) suggest. The bosses reported the coach of Bayern Munich before the cracker start at RB Leipzig happily, “worked – attention pun! – Summer and winter working on strengthening the squad, that is also the case now.”
Nagelsmann was able to officially announce the expected one Transfer from desired goalkeeper Yann Sommer von Borussia Monchengladbach to Munich in the early Wednesday followingnoon “not yet”. But CEO Oliver Kahn (53) and sports director Hasan Salihamidzic (46) had probably achieved a breakthrough in the weeks of negotiations. Nagelsmann was correspondingly “relaxed” on this topic.
The coach didn’t even want to rule out the possibility that Sommer will make his debut on Friday (January 20/8:30 p.m.) in this “very important game” once morest a “main competitor” for the title. In any case, an experienced goalkeeper like him doesn’t need a longer period of adjustment, maybe “15 minutes. It’s not rocket science that you first have to study for six months,” says Nagelsmann.
The turnaround in weeks of poker to succeed the injured captain Manuel Neuer (36) is said to have taken place on Tuesday evening (January 17). The Bavarians gradually increased their offer from four million euros plus two million bonuses to five plus three, then six plus two and finally eight plus one million – until Gladbach struck.
The transfer fee should therefore be in the range of up to 10 million euros. Sommer is expected to sign in Munich by 2025.
Nagelsmann himself, on the other hand, had “no contact” with the 34-year-old Swiss – he was concentrating fully on Leipzig. “That’s going to be a good indicator right away,” he said – and that’s just fine with him. “I’m a big fan of being challenged, when it gets down to business – and it gets straight to the point.”
Soon also for Yann Sommer! Neither Borussia nor FCB have officially confirmed the departure of the Swiss player yet. If you can believe Nagelsmann’s words, it shouldn’t be long.
According to information from our editorial team, the change is fixed. Only the medical check Sommers is still pending. When asked by our editorial team, however, Borussia did not confirm that Sommer was already completing this.
However, the keeper did not take part in the first training session of the week on Wednesday. A precautionary measure in order not to jeopardize the transfer, which is now in the final phase, as confirmed by Borussia in the early evening via “Twitter”.