Only one trophy this season, an early elimination in the Champions League, Bayern Munich is far from its standards. However, Julian Nagelsmann does not slip away.
Uninspired, with tired stars, Bayern emerged inglourious from the Champions League on Tuesday, surprised by Villarreal. Coach Julian Nagelsmann claims to have “not afraidfor the future but must rebuild with a workforce not as rich as the other European giants.
For his first season on the Bayern bench, the former prodigy technician from RB Leipzig (34) fell in the quarter-finals of the C1, a surprise result against the modest “Yellow Submarine” (0-1, 1 -1) but logical conclusion of a too irregular season.
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«The young coach brought a lot of momentum, but he inherited a weaker group after the departures of David Alaba and Jérôme Boateng, and the previous year of Thiago, Ivan Perisic and Philippe Coutinho“, all present in the final won in 2020 against Paris SG (1-0), notes the German football magazine Kicker on Wednesday.
Visibly very affected, he first sought to protect his players. “I’m responsible and I’m not going to try to shift the blame onto anyone else. We are eliminated in the Champions League, eliminated in the German Cup. It’s the same record as last season (with Hansi Flick, editor’s note) and for Bayern Munich I think it’s not enough».
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The looming tenth consecutive title of German champion will not change the general impression: the club ends the season again below its ambitions.
Concerned about rigorous management of their budget, the leaders do not plan to break the bank to attract stars. The only two players targeted so far are two Ajax hopefuls, Noussair Mazraoui and Ryan Gravenberch. Not necessarily enough to give Nagelsmann the weapons to reign over Europe again…
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