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Bayern Munich will "
be forced
" to sign another goalkeeper this winter to make up for the absence of their holder Manuel Neuer, German club coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Thursday.
Neuer's 2023 season has come to an end since he fractured his leg during a ski vacation in mid-December.
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If Nagelsmann declared himself, during Bayern's winter training camp in Doha, "
impressed
" by Sven Ulreich, Neuer's replacement, he nevertheless felt that the recruitment of another goalkeeper would be necessary.
"
In my opinion, we have an obligation to sign another goalkeeper
," he said, "
regardless of who will be number one and number two
."
“
We have young players who have a lot of talent but to play a game at this time of the season without ever having played professional football would be a difficult situation
,” he added.
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Bayern are currently four points clear at the top of the Bundesliga and are due to face Paris Saint-Germain in the 1st round of the Champions League Round of 16 on February 14.
According to Nagelsmann, “
the market for goalkeepers (in winter) is difficult.
There is no team ready to easily let go of its holder
.
According to some media, the Bavarian club have their sights on Borussia Mönchengladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer, but the sporting director of the North Rhine-Westphalia club said that "
we will not let Yann Sommer go and we 'told Bayern
'.
Another possibility would be signing Kevin Trapp from Eintracht Frankfurt, who was part of Germany's 2022 World Cup squad along with Manuel Neuer.
But Trapp said on Thursday he was not concerned by media reports linking him to Bayern.
"
I didn't really pay attention to it.
I read it of course, but we are in the middle of the season
”.
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