After the new, direct talks at management level between FC Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur, coach Thomas Tuchel kept a low profile about the desired striker Harry Kane.
Tuchel smiled in Singapore when he was asked right at the start of the press conference for the last friendly on Wednesday’s Asia trip against Liverpool FC how optimistic he was that the top English striker would soon be a Bayern player. “Maybe we’ll go straight to the next question,” said Tuchel and added: “I won’t answer the question, as you can imagine.”
Tuchel: “We have clear decisions”
It remained unclear the day after whether there was movement in poker about Kane after the short trip by Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen and technical director Marco Neppe to England for a meeting with Tottenham boss Daniel Levy, which was reported by numerous media. However, Tuchel later addressed the basic Bayern tactics in the ongoing transfer efforts. “We have clear decisions,” he said about the votes in the internal task force, which also includes the influential supervisory board members Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. You will not “let yourself be rushed” and will not be guided by time pressure or alternatives: “We know which players we want.”
Departures are also expected in Munich until the end of the transfer period on September 1st. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer, for example, is drawn to Inter Milan because the Swiss national goalkeeper does not want to be downgraded to number two behind Manuel Neuer in the upcoming European Championship season. Bayern are looking for a successor to the 34-year-old Sommer, who is still under contract until 2025. “Of course there is the possibility that we will contest the season with Yann,” said Tuchel.
The comeback date of the 37-year-old Neuer in the Bayern goal is not clearly foreseeable, even almost eight months after a broken leg. The captain is also missing on the Asia trip. Sommer will be back in goal against Liverpool on Wednesday (1.30 p.m. CEST/RTL/Sky/DAZN). Bayern fly back to Munich immediately after the friendly.
