“Is Yann Sommer Staying at Bayern Munich? The Latest News and Updates on the Swiss National Team’s Number One Goalie”

2023-05-31 02:28:04

Nati-Goalie

“A lot has happened” – is Yann Sommer staying at Bayern Munich after all?

The number one of the Swiss national team is right in the middle of the spectacular title thriller, but degenerates into a minor character at the Bavarian celebrations.

published31. May 2023, 04:28

Yann Sommer can obviously imagine playing for Bayern Munich in the coming season.

IMAGO/Sven Simon

• Yann Sommer became champion with Bayern Munich in a spectacular title race.

• It remains to be seen whether the national goalie will stay in Munich or make room for Manuel Neuer.

• During the celebrations, however, it seemed clear who was in charge of the house.

Nati goalie Yann Sommer from FC Bayern has left his future in Munich open, but has not ruled out another season in the FCB shirt. “I still have two years of contract and have not been here that long. But I’m not worried at the moment, »said the 34-year-old Swiss on the sidelines of the Munich championship celebrations on Sunday. The assumption is obvious: The keeper probably has little perspective on playing time when Manuel Neuer is back in the Munich goal.

Recently, media reports had increased that Sommer wanted to leave the German record champions after this season – mainly so as not to jeopardize his place in the goal of the Swiss national team due to a lack of match practice. “Yes, yes,” said Sommer on Sunday when asked whether he needed a permanent place in a club team for a place in the national team. “But still very relaxed. We will see.”

These Swiss legionnaires have become champions

• Yann Sommer with Bayern Munich.

• Noah Okafor, Philipp Köhn and Bryan Okoh with Red Bull Salzburg.

• Josip Drmic, legend of Dinamo Zagreb.

• Manuel Akanji with Manchester City.

• Steven Zuber with AEK Athens.

• Adler Da Silva with Slovan Bratislava.

Fringe figure at the celebrations?

Although Sommer has played a whopping 19 Bundesliga games since arriving in Munich and also made brilliant saves more than once in the championship final in Cologne, it seemed as if he was at the celebrations after the spectacular and especially late win the championship by the actual regular goalie and captain have already been supplanted.

After all, it was the 37-year-old Neuer who lifted the notorious championship trophy – and was usually to be found in the epicenter of the party hustle and bustle. Summer, on the other hand, was mostly only seen on the fringes of the action. When asked if that would have bothered him, Sommer told SRF: “Not at all.” After all, Neuer is a captain. A collegial relationship is also maintained in day-to-day dealings.

“Bayern change was worth it”

In general, the 82-time Swiss international found that the transfer to Munich would have been worthwhile: “A lot has happened so far: we had a goalie coach change, a coach change and a change in the management floor. There was a lot of criticism.” But this has a wonderful end with the championship title, we celebrated properly. After all, there’s nothing better than winning the last game. Sommer: “It’s a big moment for me, a big title that makes me extremely proud.”

During the winter break, Sommer came from Borussia Mönchengladbach for eight million francs to replace the injured Neuer. His contract is dated until June 30, 2025. As of now, Sommer, Neuer and Alexander Nübel, who is loaned to AS Monaco, would meet in Munich in the new season. In addition, Bayern still have Sven Ulreich and Johannes Schenk as keeper. Neuer broke his leg in a skiing accident while on vacation after the World Cup in December.

Lower defense rate than at Gladbach

From a purely statistical point of view, Sommer’s appearances in the Bayern jersey leave a somewhat mixed impression. The national goalie was only able to fend off 55 percent of all shots on his goal – only Schalke goalie Alexander Schwolow (51 percent) has an even worse value. For comparison: In the first half of the season, Sommer still had a defense rate of 77 percent for Gladbach.

With 25 goals conceded, the Swiss is only slightly above the value of the expected goals of 24.4. Overall, with 1.6 saves per game in the Bayern box, Sommer had significantly less to do than with Gladbach (4.7). With a pass rate of 85.3 percent, the 34-year-old is at the top of all Bundesliga goalkeepers. In addition, Sommer is only the third foreign goalkeeper to win the championship title with Bayern, after Belgian Jean-Marie Pfaff and Spaniard Pepe Reina.

With this goal, Musiala shot Bayern to the championship shortly before the end.

ARD

Receive daily breaking news from the world of sports. Whether interviews, portraits, game reports or analyses: our reporters will inform you directly in your mailbox.

View Comments

1685506234
#Yann #Sommer #national #goalie #stay #Bayern #Munich