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Mathys Tel comes to Munich from his youth club Stade Rennes
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FC Bayern made the transfer of French striker Mathys Tel perfect.
As the German record champion announced on Tuesday, the 17-year-old comes from the French first division team Stade Rennes.
The Munich company did not provide any information about the duration of the contract.
According to media reports, the teenager is said to have signed a five-year contract.
Tel is considered one of the greatest offensive talents in Europe.
According to reports, the captain of France's U17 national team will cost a transfer fee of up to 30 million euros.
The teenager has not yet been able to present himself permanently at the first division level.
The Sturmjuwel made seven brief appearances in Ligue 1 for Rennes.
"We've been watching him for a long time and have now been able to convince him to take his next important steps with us in Munich," said sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.
»The development of such an exceptional young player is an exciting project for all of us.
We are all convinced that he has a great career ahead of him and that he will help our team."
Great advance praise
During the trip to the USA, Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann had already raved about the young striker – and formulated ambitious goals for Tel's development: "He can become one of the best strikers," said Nagelsmann, who believes Tel is capable of "one day 40 goals per season". shoot: "But if he scores ten goals this season, we'll all be happy".
Before Tel, Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona) and Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) had emerged from the Rennes academy as players with world-class potential in recent years.
After Sadio Mané (Liverpool FC), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus Turin) as well as Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax Amsterdam), Tel is the fifth new signing from Munich this summer.
Midfielder Konrad Laimer (RB Leipzig) is another candidate.
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