Manuel Neuer won’t be able to start training again until summer at the earliest. Then a brutal competition threatens.Image: www.imago-images.de / ActionPictures
“He can rely on FC Bayern,” said FCB sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić immediately after Manuel Neuer’s serious injury. “He will return to the pitch as strong as before,” said CEO Oliver Kahn.
Nevertheless, the Bayern bosses now want to be active on the transfer market. In the summer – when Neuer is expected to start training again – brutal competition could break outwhich threatens the further career of the national keeper.
Nübel return campaign is difficult, Bayern asks Trapp
When it comes to defending the title in the league and attacking the Champions League title, Munich probably doesn’t want to rely solely on Neuer backup Sven Ulreich, although he has already proven several times that he can be there right away. Instead, a top goalkeeper should come.
Sven Ulreich has been number 2 at Bayern since 2015, and he has stood between the posts 86 times for the record champions since then.Image: www.imago-images.de / Philippe Ruiz
Alexander Nübel, who was signed from Gelsenkirchen in 2020, is still the ideal solution. However, since he has been loaned to AS Monaco until the end of the season and is probably severely disappointed by his previous experiences with Bayern, it will be difficult to bring him back in winter.
Nübel enjoys the trust of coaches and fans in Monaco.Image: www.imago-images.de / Ricardo Larreina
Therefore, the Munich are currently dealing with other options: How “sports picture“reported, Bayern is said to have asked Neuer’s DFB competitor Kevin Trapp, among others.
Not averse to Trapp: is he looking to compete with Neuer?
Accordingly, the Bayern bosses asked the management of the Frankfurt keeper whether he was available for a change to the record champions. The 32-year-old is said to be not averse. However, there has not yet been an official request from Eintracht.
Kevin Trapp surprisingly won the Uefa Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.Image: www.imago-images.de / Beautiful Sports
At first glance, Trapp’s situation is comparable to that of Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer: the Swiss should also have been a candidate for Bayern. It is even conceivable that the 34-year-old would like to sign a high-paying contract at the end of his career. After all the idea that after six months Sommer will face a competition with ex-world goalkeeper Manuel Neuer seems absurd.
Switzerland keeper Yann Sommer is associated with a move to Manchester United, among other things.Image: www.imago-images.de / nordphoto
Trapp is also 32 years old now, with the European Cup victory in the summer he reached the common zenith with Eintracht. So it cannot be ruled out that Trapp will also dare another adventure.
In contrast to Yann Sommer, Trapp could even be aiming for a competition with Neuer: In the German national team, the Frankfurter is currently only the third keeper. Barça goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen is the most likely candidate for the line of succession. He plays at the highest level with FC Barcelona and is celebrated by the Spanish fans. There is hardly a way around him in the national team.
If Trapp is serious in the fight for number 1 in the DFB team, there would be no better argument than to oust DFB legend Manuel Neuer on the bench at Bayern.
Alternatively, Trapp has the prospect of a pension contract with Eintracht: According to the latest reports, he has a five-year contract that also guarantees him a post in Frankfurt after the end of his career.
However, it is very unlikely that Trapp will move to Munich in this transfer window. At least when it comes to Frankfurt boss Markus Krösche. “It’s a story made up by the consultants, complete nonsense,” he told the Wiesbadener Kurier.
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