Yann Sommer’s transfer fee dragged on for weeks in the winter. In the end, Bayern Munich and Borussia Mönchengladbach agreed on eight million euros, the 34-year-old Swiss signed with the record champions until 2025. Sommer was only rarely able to fill in the big footsteps of the injured Manuel Neuer (37).
Rather, the 1.83 meter tall goalkeeper acted insecurely at times – like the entire team – in the defeats against Manchester City and Mainz 05 he sometimes made serious mistakes. Whether it would have gone better with another goalkeeper cannot be answered, of course – but as is well known, the only candidate was not summer in winter.
Schmeichel wanted to come
Kasper Schmeichel was also dealt with very specifically on Säbener Straße. According to information from the ‘kicker’, Bayern wanted to present the 36-year-old Dane from OGC Nice with a contract offer ready for signature, which would be Schmeichel “ready immediately”to move to Munich for six months.
According to ‘kicker’, the transfer failed mainly because of Julian Nagelsmann, who has meanwhile been released “absolutely” wanted a German-speaking keeper. Like sports director Hasan Salihamidzic, Nagelsmann also insisted on a longer contract period.
So Schmeichel stayed in Nice. How things will continue with summer in Munich is now completely open. In the coming months, Neuer will come closer to returning to the lawn, and Alexander Nübel (26) will also return – at least for the time being – from his loan at AS Monaco. Bart Verbruggen (20/RSC Anderlecht) should also be in focus as a perspective solution.
