Overview
- Sport director Christoph Freund has told media that João Palhinha and Sacha Boey ‘will not play a big role’ and the club wants them to leave the squad.
- Palhinha returned to Bayern training and publicly said he wants to keep his place, directly opposing the club’s effort to move him on.
- Bayern has so far been unable to find buyers for four costly misfits — Palhinha, Boey, Bryan Zaragoza and Hiroki Ito — despite asking prices that reflect the fees the club paid.
- The club invested more than €100 million on new recruits Ismael Saibari and Nathaniel Brown and now shows a reported shortfall of about €70 million, increasing pressure to sell assets quickly.
- CEO Jan‑Christian Dreesen has ruled out selling Michael Olise and said Bayern players will be central to Jürgen Klopp’s Germany plans, while wider transfer reporting remains mixed with disputed deals and agent denials.