As of: March 8, 2024, 6:03 a.m
By: Christian Nemeth
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True or just a guess?
As Bayern coach, Pep Guardiola is said to have deliberately decided against signing De Bruyne.
Munich – Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful coaches in world football today.
During his time as trainer at FC Bayern Munich from 2013 to 2016, he also shone with three German championship titles and two DFB Cup victories.
Just recently, supervisory board member Karl-Heinz Rummenigge raved about the Spaniard's work.
But did the current Manchester City coach actually prevent a top Bavarian transfer in order to sign offensive ace Kevin De Bruyne to his future employer?
City legend Fernandinho now presented this steep thesis.
Josep “Pep” Guardiola Sala |
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Born: |
January 18, 1971 in Santpedor (Spain) |
Stations as a player (among others): |
FC Barcelona, Brescia Calcio, AS Roma |
Positions as a trainer: |
FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Manchester City |
Guardiola apparently vetoed FC Bayern's mega transfer
In the podcast program
Denilson Show,
the former Skyblue captain outlined his assumption: “Guardiola was at Bayern, De Bruyne at Wolfsburg.
Bayern's scouting department said;
'Let's take a closer look at the boy.
What do you think if we bring him in?'
Pep said 'No, I don't want him.
I don't think he fits into our team.'
A year later, De Bruyne moved to Man City.
Another year has passed and Guardiola is getting there too.
Do you understand that?
The man knew he was going to City and had already sent De Bruyne forward.”
The Brazilian did not provide clear proof of his theory in the podcast, but the fact is: In the summer of 2015, Belgian international Kevin De Bruyne from VfL Wolfsburg ended up moving to Manchester City in the Premier League for a whopping 76 million euros, where he will stay until 2022 played together with Fernandinho.
And in fact: just a year after moving to the island, Guardiola was also on the sidelines of the traditional English club.
ManCity instead of Bayern: Did Pep Guardiola actually have a transfer master plan in mind for Kevin De Bruyne that was made long in advance?
Skyblue legend Fernandinho now claimed this.
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De Brunye transfer: Ex-Bayern official Reschke contradicts Fernandinho
According to
Sport Bild,
FC Bayern and VfL Wolfsburg were even in discussions regarding a De Bruyne transfer in 2015.
Those responsible in Munich were impressed by the Belgian's performance.
With a Wolfsburg discount, Bayern would have agreed to the later transfer year of 2016, but then Man City came along with the high transfer fee - and Bayern got out of poker.
Michael Reschke, technical director at Bayern during the period mentioned, emphasized to
Sport Bild
with regard to the Fernandinho theory : “That is complete nonsense.
It is true that we have dealt with the transfer of Kevin De Bruyne.
In the end, this was not feasible for economic reasons.
Pep Guardiola was not involved in this decision at all.” Of course, FC Bayern is planning important transfers again for the coming summer and has apparently stopped an upcoming renovation for this purpose.
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