Selling out on campus? What’s behind the flight of talent at FC Bayern | OneFootball

There is more movement on the Bayern campus than ever before. Several highly talented young players have left FC Bayern this winter – on loan or even permanently. At first glance, it looks like a flight of talent, but there is a clear sporting logic behind the departures

With Felipe Chávez, Javi Fernández, Magnus Dalpiaz and Adin Licina, four top performers from Bayern II have left the record champions within the space of a few weeks. Added to this are further departures from the extended campus circle – names that have recently impressed regularly in the Bayern regional league and some of whom have even trained with the professionals. The timing and number of changes have left many observers puzzled

Why the talents wanted to leave

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From a player’s point of view, the reasons are understandable. For talents like Chávez or Fernández, the regional league is hardly the ideal stage of development in sporting terms. Both are considered to be too far advanced to develop permanently in the fourth division, but at the same time not yet close enough to the class to assert themselves in the full Bayern professional squad

Although several young players under Vincent Kompany have received regular invitations to professional training and have even made their first short appearances, the reality at FC Bayern is merciless: there are established top international players in almost every position. Unlike exceptional talent Lennart Karl, many campus players currently lack a realistic prospect of consistent playing time. The result is loans to higher leagues or – as in the case of Licina – a deliberate new start at a top European club

Why FC Bayern is supporting the departures

The strategy also makes sense from the club’s point of view. FC Bayern benefits in the long term when its talented players gain playing experience at a higher level elsewhere. Loans such as those of Chávez, Fernández or Dalpiaz are deliberately intended as development steps, not as farewells in instalments

In addition, those responsible at the Campus continue to see sufficient quality in the upcoming years. Bayern II is currently in mid-table in the Bavarian regional league and has neither realistic chances of promotion nor acute pressure to achieve results. At the same time, the U19s have been eliminated from the Youth League. This constellation opens up space to introduce new talents and give them responsibility without any immediate pressure to succeed

The winter departure of several top performers is therefore not so much an alarm signal as part of a targeted mix. FC Bayern is reorganizing its campus – with the aim of developing talents more individually instead of artificially keeping them in a league that hardly promises any progress in sporting terms.