Overview
- On Thursday coach José Barcala said he wants Klara Bühl to remain at FC Bayern long term and called her a future club legend.
- Bühl has a contract that expires next summer, she is repeatedly linked with FC Barcelona and she has said she is keeping her future open.
- Barcala also singled out left-back Franziska Kett as one of the world’s best and a key player who would be hard to replace.
- Bayern travel to RB Leipzig on Friday with Barcala warning about Leipzig’s risky build-up play, and he named Vanessa Gilles back in the squad while Giulia Gwinn, Lena Oberdorf and Jovana Damnjanovic remain unavailable.
- The coach’s public stance raises the stakes for Bayern’s transfer planning because a decision by Bühl could determine whether the club keeps a core attacker or faces losing her for free next summer.