Former BVB Rüpel is "Bayern Munich's first choice"

Created: 01/07/2022, 09:31 AM

From: Alexander Kaindl

FC Bayern Munich could bring an old friend back to the Bundesliga in the summer: Apparently a transfer from Ousmane Dembélé is an issue.

Munich - French at Bayern *? Sure, they have a long tradition. Jean-Pierre Papin in the mid-nineties, around the turn of the millennium, the full-backs Bixente Lizarazu and Willy Sagnol, subsequently Franck Ribéry and now a gigantic part of the Bayern squad with Dayot Upamecano, Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Pavard, Corentin Tolisso, Kingsley Coman and Tanguy Nianzou. In addition, Bouna Sarr was born in France, Leroy Sané also has French citizenship - the tricolor influence in Munich is enormous.

The next chapter may now be written en français: According to rumors, Bayern should consider transferring Ousmane Démbélé.

At least that's what the renowned football magazine

reports .

There it says literally: “Ousmane Dembélé, Bayern Munich's first choice.” What is behind this headline?

FC Bayern Munich: Transfer of Ousmane Dembélé?

The 24-year-old has been playing for FC Barcelona * since 2017. He never made the big breakthrough with the Catalans, but his qualities are undisputed: Incredibly fast, excellent preparer and executor - if he wants. And that is exactly what has often been the problem of the highly gifted right-winger in the past. There are countless anecdotes that prove Dembélé's lack of discipline. After his arrival from Rennes, he enchanted the Bundesliga in 2016 and 2017 in the BVB jersey and scored 32 goals in 50 games for Dortmund *.

Then he won his transfer to Barça, where he missed a training session in 2018, among other things, because he is said to have gambled through video games the night before.

He slept through the morning session and gave stomach problems as the reason for his absence, which the club doctor could not confirm later.

Dembélé also quarreled with his landlord from Dortmund times, and there was even a legal dispute.

With his former Barça trainer Ernesto Valverde, it is said that there was almost a fight in one training session - a real enfant terrible.

Ousmane Dembélé is apparently in discussion as a replacement for Kingsley Coman

And Bayern want a player like that?

Apparently, according to

- if another Frenchman should leave the club.

We are of course talking about Kingsley Coman *, who has been rumored to be saying goodbye for months.

The Bayern motto is clear: Another case of Alaba - a transfer-free departure of a top player - should be prevented.

Therefore, Munich should apparently be ready to sell Coman if he does not want to extend his contract, which is dated until 2023.

Accordingly, the Champions League hero from Lisbon would have to be sold in the summer of 2022.

Only then would the FCB still collect a decent transfer fee.

The name Dembélé is probably not mentioned for the first time on Säbener Strasse.

Even during his time in Rennes, the French aroused interest in Bavaria.

Former Technical Director Michael Reschke recently revealed that talks had already been held with Dembélé in 2016 - in the end, he decided on BVB.

FC Bayern Munich before tricky transfer summer - Dembélé instead of Coman?

According to

, the people of Munich are now looking very carefully again.

Other players like Raphinha from Leeds United and Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi are also said to be on the list (once again).

But Dembélé has the decisive advantage of being free of transfer in the summer of 2022.

An important argument in Corona times.

Ousmane Dembélé played for Borussia Dortmund for one year.

© DeFodi / Imago

Of course, people in Munich know about the character of the wing runabout, but: The Bavarian French Connection should help him get used to the Isar, as the article goes on to say. Bayern would also accept the 2018 world champion's susceptibility to injury, after all, they have an excellent medical department that has recently brought players like Coman or Hernandez back on track. Both players repeatedly had injury problems.

Sports director Hasan Salihamidzic and coach Julian Nagelsmann are said to be convinced by Dembélé - will there actually be a spectacular return to the Bundesliga?

Wait.

Because that much is also clear: No transfer or not, the Barça star wants to see notes.

According to rumors, he is said to have recently asked for 40 million euros gross a year in contract talks with the Catalans.

A sum that you will definitely not pay in Munich *.