SV Werder Bremen v VfB Stuttgart - BundesligaPhoto by Martin Rose/Getty ImagesBayern Munich probably won’t be adding any more players during this window.
Nagelsmann wants Sosa, but club content with squad (Bayern Insider Podcast via @iMiaSanMia)Bayern Munich has been linked to VfB Stuttgart star left-back/left wing-back Borna Sosa off-and-on for about a year now. The talented Croatian is a dynamic attacking presence, who would seem to be a perfect fit for Julian Nagelsmann’s system.The problem, of course, is that Bayern Munich already has a pretty good player at that spot in Alphonso Davies. With that, Nagelsmann will not get his man...and the club seems quite content with the roster it currently has:Bayern will not reinvest the fee of Tanguy Nianzou on a new left-back. FCB thought a lot about Borna Sosa, whom Nagelsmann would have liked to sign - but as things stand, the club is happy with the current squad and money is to be savedAs good as Sosa is, it would make no sense to get him right now for the following reasons:The cost: It can be assumed it would take €25-€30 million to get Sosa.The role: Would anyone want to pay that much for a back up? Davies has a contract through 2025 and is entrenched as the starter at left-back.The current depth: Behind Davies, Bayern Munich has both Lucas Hernandez and Josip Stanisic who can play left-back. The overall depth and versatility on the backline with those players, plus Dayot Upamecano, Matthijs de Ligt, Benjamin Pavard, and Noussair Mazraoui, alleviates the need for Sosa.If you really wanted to look for any good reason to actually get Sosa, it would only be if Davies wanted to play as a forward — or if Davies informed the club he will be leaving at the end of his deal. Even then, however, you really wouldn’t need to be looking for replacements until next summer at the earliest.
Non-denial, denial from Watzke on CR7? (@FabrizioRomano)I am no fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, but the thought of him suiting up for
Borussia Dortmund is more than intriguing. As for whether such a move would be realistic, who knows? BVB CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said that there was no contact (so far), but didn’t outright deny it could happen:Borussia Dortmund CEO Watzke: “I love Cristiano Ronaldo - it's certainly a charming idea to see Cristiano play at Signal Iduna Park. But there is no contact at all between the parties involved”, he told
@Sky_Jesco.
#BVB— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano)
August 19, 2022Executives don’t always tell the truth, but there is not too much of a reason to doubt what Watzke says. This all could be a matter of some folks doing some UCL math to see which clubs could conceivably take on Ronaldo...or there could be some legitimacy to it.At this point, no one knows anything except CR7, his agent Jorge Mendes, and any clubs that he may — or may not — have spoken to.
Fein-ally an exit? (Bayern Insider Podcast via @iMiaSanMia)Adrien Fein’s situation might finally be settling as the midfielder is getting interest from Excelsior Rotterdam in the Netherlands:Adrian Fein is in talks to join newly promoted Eredivisie side Excelsior Rotterdam [Bayern Insider]
