Bayern Munich does not advance much in this transfer window. And it is not the unexpected situation of Nico Williams who comes to contradict these stammering beginnings. Courted above all by Barça with whom he agreed, the 22 -year -old Spanish international was also in the viewfinder of Bayern Munich. He finally decided to stay at Athletic in exchange for an extension until 2035. His release clause was also revised upwards from € 58 million to a sum between 80 and € 90 million. “It's over”says Uli Honess. The Bavarian club will never aim Nico Williams again.
On the other hand, the German champion is indeed looking for a winger but the refusals follow one another. In addition to the 2024 European champion, Bradley Barcola, Luis Diaz and now Jamie Bynoe-Gittens have all declined his approaches. We can even expand these criteria to Florian Wirtz, who preferred to join Liverpool. Bayern nevertheless needs a player in this position to relieve Michael Olise and especially Kingsley Coman, regularly plagued by physical problems, especially after the departure of Leroy Sané to Galatasaray.
“”You need a replacement in case, but pay 60, 70 or 80 M € for a replacement, I am not sure of it»»
“”You can't do anything about it when such a player (Nico Williams, editor's note) extends his contract. We still have time, the transfer window is open until the end of Augusttry to reassure Uli Honess on the German channel BR24 Before the meeting against PSG. We decided internally to do only reasonable things. We still have Gnabry and Coman. Coman in particular impressed me a lot against Boca. If he was not often injured, we would probably not have thought of it (to be recruited in this position). You need a replacement in case, but pay 60, 70 or 80 M € for a replacement, I am not sure.»»
The president of Rekordmeister also claims that the Rafael Leao track had not been imagined. “”It was never a subject of discussion for us. Max (Eberl, the sports director) told me that he had discussions, but they did not succeed.And then there is the Nick Woltemade file that Bayern would like to complete. “”We still have time until the end of August. I consider him a very good player who would integrate perfectly with us, and I would be delighted that this will happen this year. And if not, it will be next year“Concludes the boss of the club.
