FC Bayern plans to have Manuel Neuer (36) as number one in goal for the coming season. Coach Julian Nagelsmann said to RB Leipzig before the 1-1 draw at RB Leipzig: “Manu is our captain, our number one if he comes back healthy.”
Neuer broke his leg during a private leisure activity in December and should only be fit again for the new season. “That’s what I know, he’ll be back in the summer”so Nagelsmann, who can muster a top-class replacement by then.
Yann Sommer (34) came from Borussia Mönchengladbach on Thursday for a fee of up to 9.5 million euros and celebrated a flawless debut in Leipzig (FT-Rating: 2.5). The fact that Bayern are planning with Neuer again from summer onwards became summer “also openly played like that”as he says himself.
exit scenario
According to reports, the Swiss will be allowed to leave Bayern again in the summer for a fee similar to the amount now paid to Gladbach – provided that Neuer is actually ready to play again. Bayern are not calling for open competition, at least not at the moment.
