Revealed: BVB star was close to joining FC Bayern | OneFootball

Instead of joining Borussia Dortmund, Fabio Silva could have ended up at FC Bayern. It has now become known that the new BVB signing was a serious candidate in Munich this summer.

Borussia Dortmund’s summer newcomer Fabio Silva was apparently also on the list at FC Bayern Munich. As Bild reporters Tobi Altschäffl and Julian Agardi revealed in the Bayern-Insider podcast, the German record champions considered the Portuguese striker during the last transfer window.

“That’s true. Fabio Silva was a topic at FC Bayern before he moved to BVB for 22.5 million euros,” Altschäffl explained in the podcast.

Bayern had been searching intensively for a striker in the summer, someone to relieve superstar Harry Kane and develop for the future. In addition to Silva, Nicolas Jackson from FC Chelsea was also discussed—whom the Munich club ultimately signed on loan shortly before the transfer deadline.

Silva, who moved from FC Porto to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2020 as a teenager for a hefty 40 million euros, was considered in Munich to be a technically skilled, strong dribbler and a clinical finisher. But a signing did not materialize. “Bayern didn’t really get serious,” said Agardi.

FC Bayern had BVB newcomer Fabio Silva in their sights

This was also because Silva insisted on regular playing time—something that would hardly have been realistic behind Kane. The 23-year-old therefore chose Borussia Dortmund, where he was promised more match practice. In the race for the Portuguese player, BVB prevailed over Frankfurt, Leipzig, and Stuttgart.

Before his transfer, Silva had already had several loan spells, including at RSC Anderlecht, PSV Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers, and UD Las Palmas—but without managing to establish himself in England in the long term.

At BVB, the striker first had to fight his way back after undergoing adductor surgery in the summer. So far in the Bundesliga, he has mostly come off the bench as a substitute, but he celebrated his first goal in the black and yellow jersey in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen here.

Reporter Agardi still draws a clear conclusion: “He has hardly had a chance in Dortmund so far. I think, in retrospect, it was right that Bayern didn’t get serious.” At BVB, however, they are counting on Fabio Silva’s development in the long term—they believe he can fight his way to a starting spot in the attack with patience and fitness.

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