Which star could be threatened with extinction as a result of the Palhinha transfer

Thursday was finally the day: after that long transfer problems he announced FC Bayern Munich the João Palhinha moves from Fulham FC to the record champions. This means that FCB finally have the ‘Holding Six’ (a defensively oriented midfielder) in the squad that the now-fired coach Thomas Tuchel so desired last season. Tuchel’s successor Vincent Kompany now faces the difficult task of integrating the Portuguese into Munich’s first team. Should a DFB star make way for Palhinha? Former national player Dietmar Hamann sees problems for previously placed “six-seed” Leon Goretzka due to the transfer of the 29-year-old.

The fact that the Fulham forward now plays for Bayern means “that probably one or two midfielders will have to or will have to leave the club,” Hamann speculated in his column for the pay TV channel. Sky“You can’t start the season with seven or eight central midfielders; that would create unrest from day one.” Kompany from day one to take care of “enough other things,” Hamann explained.

Will FC Bayern sell Leon Goretzka?

Will Bayern therefore be targeted this summer? “You can’t keep Leon Goretzka or Konrad Laimer, they would probably only be the fourth or fifth midfielder behind Palhinha and Aleksandar Pavlovic,” Hamann is certain. Even if Goretzka is “an excellent player,” it will be difficult for him to assert himself against Palhinha and Pavlovic, who are only 20 years old.

Whether Bayern, under the leadership of team manager Max Eberl, can sell the 57-times national player to another club is another matter, according to Hamann. “The price will probably be around 30 to 40 million euros. We will see if someone pays for it,” Hamann wrote. “Bayern does not have the best negotiating position if the other clubs know that the team from Munich has to sell. It will not be that easy to give players away, so Max Eberl and his team will have to be very creative.”