Bayern's Bischof deal causes tension in the club | OneFootball

In January 2025, Bayern Munich secured the services of one of Germany's biggest breakthrough talents Tom Bischof (19) from Hoffenheim for the upcoming season. According to “Kicker”, this deal is the cause of internal tension at the club.

While getting Bischof for free can be considered a great deal in any case, the consequences of him taking up a place in the squad which could've been filled by one of Bayern's youth players are the cause of internal displeasure.

Bischof is able to play in many positions, such as attacking midfield, central midfield and if needed, even defensive midfield. While his versatility is great, many in the club believe that his transfer was not necessary due to Bayern already having many talents in these positions.

Paul Wanner (19), Gabriel Vidovic (21), Arijon Ibrahimovic (19) and Lennart Karl (17) have already gotten into the first team. Javier Fernández (18), Felipe Chávez (18) and Guido Della Rovere (17) are waiting for their opportunity after showing great performances in Bayern's youth teams.

The transfer of Tom Bischof has now put questionmarks into the heads of many people in the club when it comes to furthering Bayern's youth development. The goal of the club is clear: more focus on the youth department, so that more youth players make it into the first team.

Reason for that goal is not only the desire of having players who can truly identify themselves with Bayern Munich (and understand the "Mia san Mia" feeling), but also to get the sprawling wage structure in the club under control.

Promoting youth players gives the club a better control over future wages than buying players who potentially already earn more than Bayern would've liked to offer them in the first place.

Bayern manager Max Eberl's solo efforts in the contract extensions of some players and his transfer ideas (example: Tom Bischof) are being questioned internally. Time will tell if the purchase of Tom Bischof was a good idea for der Rekordmeister or not.