Why Frankfurt star Can Uzun turned down Bayern | OneFootball

With 6 goals and 4 assists in 8 competitive matches, Can Uzun is currently Eintracht Frankfurt’s most in-form attacker. On Saturday evening, the 19-year-old will face FC Bayern in the Bundesliga top match – the very club that had him on their radar early on, but never managed to sign him.

Even as a youth player, Uzun was considered, alongside Paul Wanner and his friend Kenan Yildiz, one of the greatest offensive talents of his age group. The youth directors at FC Bayern had been closely monitoring him since his U12 days at 1. FC Nürnberg and regularly kept in touch, as Sky reports.

But despite the close connections – Yildiz himself played for Bayern’s youth team – Uzun decided against a move to the Bayern Campus. According to Sky, the Regensburg native wanted to stay with his family and first complete his schooling at home. Moving to a boarding school in Munich was not an option for him.

At the Albert-Magnus-Gymnasium in Regensburg, Uzun earned his secondary school diploma while already training with the club’s professionals. When he made the leap to the first team at FCN, a move to Munich was finally off the table. “My father always drove me to Nuremberg, it was perfect. I wanted to stay at home,” his circle is quoted as saying.

Frankfurt won the tug-of-war – Bayern left as mere spectators

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At 1. FC Nürnberg, Uzun quickly made his breakthrough and attracted the interest of numerous Bundesliga clubs. In the summer of 2024, he finally chose Eintracht Frankfurt – and within a year became a shooting star there.

Coach Dino Toppmöller consistently integrated the technically skilled and clinical attacking player. Uzun repaid this with goals and assists. Today, he is one of the great hopes of a young Frankfurt team that wants to trip up Bayern in the Stadtwald on Saturday.

His qualities are also well known in Munich. Bayern coach Vincent Kompany raved before the clash: “He belongs to a new generation of top players in the Bundesliga. He has many abilities between the lines, and not only can play the final pass, but can also be decisive with his goals.”

The fact that Uzun turned down the Munich club at such a young age adds a certain irony today. The record champions rarely lose top talents from their own region – but in Uzun’s case, it was his family and his own determination to take things step by step that made the difference.

Now, the shooting star faces the very club as Frankfurt’s great hope that has wanted him since his youth. A special allure that adds even more spice to Saturday’s top match.

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