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FC Bayern is already planning the coming season under high pressure.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge raves about a striker who has already been to Munich.
Munich – Everything should get better for FC Bayern next season.
This is already certain, in spring 2024.
And so the transfer decision-makers around the new sports director Max Eberl are already working on a possible squad for the 2024/25 season.
Joshua Zirkzee: Former FC Bayern striker is shaking up Serie A with Bologna
The focus of these plans on Säbener Strasse is also on a striker who has previously laced up his football boots in Munich.
This was confirmed by supervisory board member and ex-boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge in an interview with the Italian
Gazzetta dello Sport.
We are talking about the Dutchman Joshua Zirkzee, who is currently shaking up Serie A with FC Bologna.
And with ten goals and four assists in 26 appearances (as of March 5th), he has played a significant role in the upswing of the traditional club from northern Italy.
Blooming in Bologna: Ex-Bayern striker Joshua Zirkzee.
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Former FC Bayern attacker: Joshua Zirkzee is leading the way at FC Bologna
Italian media are even talking about the “Miracle of Bologna”.
Because: After 27 match days, the team of coach and ex-professional Thiago Motta (FC Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Inter Milan, PSG) took fourth place in the Italian league, which would entitle them to take part in the Champions League next season.
According to the specialist portal transfermarkt.de,
FC Bologna is
“only” in ninth place in the Serie A market value table with an estimated total market value of 208.55 million euros.
Remarkable: Zirkzee, who is only 22 years old, not only keeps the opposing defenses busy, the youngster leads his team at a young age with body language and a lot of self-confidence on the pitch.
He gives commands and is more of a loudspeaker type.
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FC Bayern: Karl-Heinz Rummenigge praises former striker Joshua Zirkzee
“I remember my last year as CEO.
He played well and when Flick put him on the pitch he always scored decisive goals, not the fourth or fifth of the game.
He won important games for us,” said Rummenigge in an interview with
Gazzetta dello Sport
about the young Dutch striker, who was trained in his homeland at Feyenoord Rotterdam.
Zirkzee then moved to Munich's youth department when he was only 16 years old.
What perhaps needs to be remembered: In the 2019/20 season, Zirkzee won the treble of the Champions League victory, the German championship and the DFB Cup with Bayern under coach Hansi Flick.
As an 18-year-old at the time, he contributed four goals in nine Bundesliga appearances.
Among other things, Zirkzee scored 1-0 in a 2-1 win against Gladbach.
He played well and when Flick put him on the pitch he always scored decisive goals, not the fourth or fifth of the game.
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Joshua Zirkzee
Will FC Bayern buy Joshua Zirkzee back?
Rummenigge refers to Max Eberl
“I’m happy for him that he’s doing well, he deserves it,” said Rummenigge: “I’ve always seen him play well for us.
His bad luck was that he had someone like Lewandowski in front of him.” According to
Kicker
, Bayern are said to have a buyback clause after Zirkzee left the club for Bologna in the summer of 2022 for a rumored fee of 8.5 million euros.
The said clause is said to be at least 40 million euros.
Given this number, is buying back Zirkzee an option?
“That’s entirely up to Max Eberl,” explained Rummenigge, who, among other things, controls the work of the professional company’s board of directors together with honorary president Uli Hoeneß.
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