Revealed! Bayern wanted to sign this PL star in the summer | OneFootball

Now it’s out: Xavi Simons was the real dream player of Max Eberl, Christoph Freund and coach Vincent Kompany in the summer. According to the BILD podcast Bayern Insider, the Dutchman’s spectacular transfer to FC Bayern only fell through because the supervisory board put its foot down. Instead of Simons, Nicolas Jackson was brought in on deadline day – an emergency solution.

FC Bayern experienced one of the most complicated transfer phases of recent years in the summer. Several desired transfers came to nothing, and when Kingsley Coman joined Al-Nassr in mid-August, the Munich management team suddenly found itself under pressure to make a move.

In an interview with 11 Freunde, sporting director Max Eberl revealed that they were already prepared for this eventuality: „Together with Vincent Kompany and Christoph Freund, we had an idea for a player we could buy if Coman left. However, it was then decided that we would no longer buy, but only loan.“

Xavi Simons: The lost Bayern dream

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As the BILD podcast„Bayern Insider“ has now revealed, this „idea“ was Xavi Simons, the Dutch international who moved from RB Leipzig to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer for around €65 million.

According to BILD chief reporter Tobi Altschäffl, the Bayern bosses were already well into the talks: „Eberl, Freund and Kompany really wanted Simons. The contracts were basically finalised, all the details had been discussed. But the supervisory board decided that a permanent transfer should no longer take place.“

Honorary President Uli Hoeneß in particular had a clear veto. The line was: only loan deals. The deal was finally off the table.

Jackson as plan B – Eberl reacted to the pressure

Shortly before the transfer window closed, Munich had to improvise. The club reached an agreement with Chelsea FC on deadline day for the loan of Nicolas Jackson – an emergency solution.

In the aforementioned interview, he spoke openly about the difficult situation: „It wasn’t an emotional discussion between sport and the supervisory board. It was an objective decision that we supported in the end.“

The Supervisory Board’s decision to stop making expensive transfers was made primarily out of economic prudence. After the costly signing of Luis Díaz and expensive extensions for Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich and Alphonso Davies, they did not want to take any new financial risks.