Hasan Salihamidzic and Marco Neppe will initially forego the trip to the USA with FC Bayern. The transfer of Matthijs de Ligt is on the agenda.
- Transfer von de Ligt: Salihamidzic and Neppe initially refrain from traveling to the USA
- FC Bayern before de-Loigs-Transfer: Defense star landed in Munich at 8 p.m
- medical check in München: Defense star completed part 1 on Monday evening
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Update from July 18, 9:51 p.m.: FC Bayern’s new defensive star has already pulled up on Säbener Strasse. Will the transfer be officially announced today? Probably not. The signing of the contract until 2027 should take place on Tuesday.
However, the first defender of the record champions is already looking for the distance. Chris Richards is apparently facing a move to the Premier League. The central defender, who was last loaned to TSG Hoffenheim, is said to agree with Crystal Palace.
Update from July 18, 8:38 p.m.: It is not yet clear when De Ligt will fly to the team in the USA. On Monday followingnoon at 2 p.m. FC Bayern left for Washington with a special machine. It is quite possible that the Dutchman will leave at a similar time on Tuesday followingnoon.
Medical check in Munich: Defense star completed part 1 on Monday evening
Update from July 18, 8:01 p.m.: Matthijs de Ligt has landed at the GAT terminal in Munich. The defense star should complete part 1 of the medical check in the evening. The second part follows on Tuesday morning, before the contracts are signed. Then the new Bayern Munich defense boss will visit his new teammates in the USA.
Update from July 18, 6:24 p.m.: What shirt number will Matthijs de Ligt get at FC Bayern? He last wore the 4 for Juventus Turin and the 3 for the Dutch national team. Curious: Both numbers have been free once more for the Munich team since this season. Last season, Niklas Süle wore the 4 and Omar Richards the 3. Both kickers have left Säbener Straße – Süle is now playing for BVB and Richards for Nottingham Forest.
FC Bayern before de Ligt transfer: Defense star lands in Munich at 8 p.m
Update from July 18, 5:32 p.m.: If de Ligt has landed in Munich right away, the upcoming Bayern defense boss will probably only go to the team in the USA on Tuesday. Depending on when the medical check is completed, the 22-year-old only travels to the team that is on its way to the US summer tour.
Update from July 18, 4:30 p.m.: As the Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla from the Gazzetta dello Sport writes on Twitter, de Ligt flies from Turin to Munich on Monday evening at 6.30 p.m. The defense star will land there around 7:45 p.m., presumably complete the medical check immediately and then sign his contract until 2027.
On the other hand, sports director Hasan Salihamidzic did not board the plane to the USA at noon, where FC Bayern went on a US tour. Also not on the plane Leon Goretzka, who apparently had to undergo knee surgery and might therefore be canceled for six to eight weeks.
Update from July 18, 1:55 p.m.: The transfer of Matthijs de Ligt from Juventus to FC Bayern is on the home stretch. De Ligt’s agent Rafaela Pimenta landed in Turin this followingnoon, reports transfer insider Fabrizio Romano. The players’ agent who succeeded the late Mino Raiola, wants to clarify final details with the old lady in order to close the deal. According to reports, FC Bayern will pay a fee of 70 million euros for de Ligt plus ten million bonuses to Juve.
Transfer from de Ligt: Salihamidzic and Neppe initially refrain from traveling to the USA
Update from July 18, 12:10 p.m.: Matthijs de Ligt is due to come to Munich today. FC Bayern wants to finalize the transfer with the Juve defender as soon as possible. For this purpose, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and technical director Marco Neppe will remain on Säbener Straße for the time being and will not be traveling to the USA with the team.
The Bayern entourage flies from Munich to Washington at 2 p.m. today. The German record champions will play there on Wednesday (local time) once morest MLS club DC United and on Saturday once morest Manchester City in Green Bay. Salihamidzic and Neppe want to complete the transfer of de Ligt in Munich, like Tobi Altschäffl from the sports picture reported on Twitter. The Dutchman is expected in Munich for a medical check and might fly to the United States in the near future.
Medical check in Munich: De Ligt is expected to arrive at FC Bayern on Monday
Update from July 18, 7:45 a.m.: Again SID reported on Monday morning, Matthijs de Ligt is already expected today for the obligatory medical check in Munich. The Bavarians press on the tube because the team starts their trip to the USA on Monday – as soon as possible with the designated chief of defense.
It is uncertain whether de Ligt will fly to the USA with his new teammates on Monday. The FC Bayern entourage is scheduled to take off from Munich Airport for Washington at 2:00 p.m. The German record champions will play there on Wednesday (local time) once morest MLS club DC United and on Saturday once morest Manchester City in Green Bay. However, De Ligt would follow suit as soon as possible.
FC Bayern: De Ligt becomes the second most expensive transfer in club history
De Ligt is Munich’s fourth new signing for the coming season. They had previously signed world star Sadio Mane from Liverpool FC (32 million euros plus bonuses) as well as Ajax Amsterdam’s Ryan Gravenberch (18.5 plus bonuses) and Noussair Mazraoui (free transfer).
De Ligt is initially the second most expensive transfer in the history of FC Bayern. Munich had only spent more money on defender Lucas Hernandez: they signed the French world champion in 2019 for a fixed transfer fee of 80 million euros. De Ligt, in which the German record champions were also interested at the time, switched to Juventus Turin for 85 million euros at the same time.
Transfer from de Ligt: FC Bayern is working on signing a new defense boss
Update from July 17, 9:55 p.m.: The transfer is probably through. According to consistent reports, Juventus Turin and FC Bayern have agreed on a move from Matthijs de Ligt to the Isar metropolis. Noisy Sport1 The 22-year-old Dutchman is set to join the team in the United States.
The German record champion is flying to the USA on Monday (July 18) for a one-week marketing trip. Noisy Bild the Italians accepted an offer of 70 million euros plus ten million euros in bonuses. Juve had previously rejected offers of 45 million euros and 60 million euros plus bonuses of ten million euros each.
According to the reports, De Ligt will sign a five-year contract, and not four years as initially rumored. According to Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, Bayern are said to be paying more than a total of 80 million euros. De Ligt should become the new chief of defense in Munich and give stability to the shaky defense. The Bundesliga giant is willing to spend a lot of money for this.
Matthijs de Ligt to FC Bayern? All sides want fast transfer
First report from July 17th: Munich – So it should be: The FC Bayern plans with Matthijs de Ligt as the future head of defence, club and player are already in agreement according to consistent reports.
And yet from the Säbener Strasse in Munich no completion reported. As two Italian media write, all sides want clarity as quickly as possible.
Matthijs de Ligt: Transfer to FC Bayern is getting closer
Die Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Juve have two claims on the German Bundesliga record champions Has. The transfer fee should be as close as possible to an exit clause that is not specified in detail. Furthermore, the transfer should take place as quickly as possible so that the northern Italians can use the money to sign a replacement. And a mess like the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo avoided when the club from Piedmont was initially unable to present an adequate striker.
Die Gazzetta dello Sport also writes regarding a four-year contract that de Ligt is supposed to sign in the Isar metropolis. And which should bring the 22-year-old Dutchman twelve million euros a year. But: How high is said exit clause? In April 2021, the Italian transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reportedly said 150 million euros. However, this sum may not be correct. Because: Bayern would not be able to pay that much, according to reports. Furthermore, the negotiations are said to have progressed.
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Juve is also under pressure because world champion Giorgio Chiellini has lost another central defender. The now 37-year-old is moving to Los Angeles FC in the USA. Captain Leonardo Bonucci still has a contract until 2024, but he is already 35 years old. Also The Republic writes, however, of an imminent transfer. According to the report, Bayern are allegedly offering a salary of 15 million euros a year. Here, too, there is talk of a four-year contract, and that a not insignificant part of the transfer fee of up to 50 million euros from the Sale of Robert Lewandowski to FC Barcelona should flow into the commitment de Ligts.
Matthijs de Ligt: Does FC Bayern pay up to 80 million transfer fees to FC Bayern?
“They are in a hurry,” writes the daily newspaper. As a fee, 75 to 80 million euros were recently mentioned once more and once more, what the FC Bayern with current assets of 209 million euros (as of November 2021) to its financial limits. Lowering the fee a bit should therefore currently be the focus of negotiations. (pm)
