The images of Manuel Neuer, on December 10, on his hospital bed, his right leg in plaster after a fracture caused by a fall on skis, had seriously damaged the morale of Bayern Munich supporters.
The prospect of a double confrontation against PSG in the knockout stages of the Champions League (February 14, March 8) without one of the best goalkeepers in the world was not to reassure the Germans.
Almost six weeks later, Bayern have just found a replacement for Neuer, absent until the end of the season.
Swiss international Yann Sommer (34) has signed a contract until the summer of 2025.
After eight and a half years at Borussia Mönchengladbach, Yann Sommer said he was "proud to now be part of Bayern".
Yann Sommer completed today's training session and will travel to Leipzig for tomorrow's game đź’Ş
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— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) January 19, 2023
According to the German press, the amount of the transfer amounts to eight million euros, plus bonuses of more than one million euros.
Even before the formalization of his transfer, Sommer joined his new teammates in Bayern training at the start of the afternoon and should be lined up on Friday (8:30 p.m.) to face RB Leipzig for the resumption of the Bundesliga after two month of winter break.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Wednesday that it might take "15 minutes" for an experienced goalkeeper to get used to a new club.
Returning from a disastrous World Cup in Qatar for the German selection (elimination in the 1st round), Manuel Neuer, captain of Mannschaft and Bayern, was seriously injured during a ski trip in the Alps, victim of a a broken lower right leg.
The duration of Sommer's contract is not insignificant, since Bayern offered him a two-and-a-half-year lease until the summer of 2025, while Neuer's, in Munich since the summer of 2011, ends for the moment in the summer of 2024, after the Euro organized at home by Germany.
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