Bayern Munich is currently laboring their way through the summer transfer window without having made a key signing after being able to expedite Jonathan Tah’s arrival from Bayer Leverkusen so that he could play from the start of the FIFA Club World Cup. Of course, there has also been the arrival of Tom Bischof from TSG Hoffenheim, but that move was sealed prior to this summer.
From the outside looking in, question marks are being raised. Bayern lost out on Florian Wirtz to Liverpool, who also signed Jeremie Frimpong, Milos Kerkez, and are on the verge of signing Hugo Ekitike. By stark contrast, Bayern’s interest in Luis Diaz seems to have narrative shifts with each passing day and VfB Stuttgart is making life incredibly difficult to try to sign striker Nick Woltemade.
In the defensive area of the pitch, there could also be movement in either direction for the reigning Bundesliga champions. In the last rumbling out of the rumor mill, Bayern reportedly will not stand in the way of right back Sacha Boey leaving the club this summer, as per Bild and SportBild’s Tobi Altschäffl (via @iMiaSanMia). The Frenchman had a window of opportunity at the Club World Cup given the long-term injuries to Alphonso Davies, Hiroki Ito, and Kim Min-jae, as well as Dayot Upamecano only just working his way back to full fitness before the start of the tournament.
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Galatasaray have been actively trying to prepare a move to bring Boey back to Turkey, but his salary as well as fees that Bayern would be asking for have been a point of contention. The Turkish club originally wanted to explore a potential loan deal with an option to buy at the end of the loan period and there was also interest from other clubs in Europe, but nothing has materialized as of it.
All things considered, Boey has signaled that he is intent on staying at Bayern and fighting for his place in the team despite having only made a total of 17 appearances across all competitions, not including the Club World Cup. Injuries have hampered his tenure in Munich ever since making the move from Galatasaray, but even when he’s fully fit, he likely won’t be in Vincent Kompany’s starting eleven plans.