Sales push! Max Eberl is raking in the cash for Bayern | OneFootball

FC Bayern has made an early splash in the transfer market. Following the signings of Nathaniel Brown and Ismael Saibari, the focus is now on player sales. Sporting director Max Eberl is working flat out to streamline the roster and generate new revenue.

With the signings of Nathaniel Brown and Ismael Saibari, the Munich club has invested more than 100 million euros at the start of the summer transfer window. Before the record champions can set their sights on further reinforcements, they first need to generate transfer proceeds and reduce salary costs.

This is leading to changes in personnel planning.

Bayern is on track to generate 40 million euros in transfer proceeds

With the confirmed departures of Daniel Peretz to Southampton FC, Jonah Kusi-Asare to Fulham FC, and Alexander Nübel to Besiktas Istanbul, FC Bayern has already taken in around 20 million euros. This amount could rise even further in the future due to agreed-upon bonus payments.

Further revenue is already on the horizon. According to consistent media reports, Noel Aseko and Jonathan Asp Jensen are also on the verge of a move. Aseko is being linked with Eintracht Frankfurt, while Asp Jensen is reportedly set to transfer to Deportivo La Coruña.

Both sales could bring the Munich club a combined additional 17 to 19 million euros. This would bring FC Bayern’s total transfer revenue to around 40 million euros—all from players who no longer feature in Vincent Kompany’s sporting plans.

Boey, Palhinha, and Zaragoza are expected to follow

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However, this is likely far from the end of the work for Max Eberl and sporting director Christoph Freund. Sacha Boey, João Palhinha, and Bryan Zaragoza remain on the list of players up for sale.

Bayern is hoping for a transfer fee in the range of 20 million euros, particularly for Palhinha. According to reports, the record champions would already be satisfied with proceeds of around ten million euros for Boey and Zaragoza.

These transfers won’t be easy, though. While there are interested parties for all three players, they are on well-paid contracts in Munich. As a result, negotiations could drag on. In the worst-case scenario—similar to what happened recently with Nübel—Bayern might even have to pay a severance package to remove individual players from the payroll.

For Eberl, the sales drive thus remains one of the most important tasks of the summer transfer window. Only once further departures have been finalized is the record champion likely to become active again in pursuing potential new signings.