Missed transfer: Bayern wanted to sign BVB star this summer | OneFootball

It is well known that FC Bayern was searching for a backup or future striker for Harry Kane last summer. Now it has been revealed that a name was also considered during this search, who is now under contract with a direct competitor: Fabio Silva.

As BILD reporters Tobi Altschäffl and Julian Agardi confirmed in the latest “Bayern-Insider” podcast, the Portuguese player from Wolverhampton Wanderers was indeed a topic at the German record champions.

“Fabio Silva was a topic at FC Bayern”

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

The 23-year-old center forward was considered by Munich to be a technically strong, skillful, and clinical attacker, who was supposed to be developed as a prospect behind Kane. However, the plan fell through—partly because Silva insisted on regular playing time.

The Portuguese ultimately decided on Borussia Dortmund, where he hoped for more match practice.

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So far, however, things have been mixed for Silva at BVB. The striker usually only gets short appearances and is still waiting for his first Bundesliga goal. He has only managed to score once in the Champions League, in Copenhagen.

Reporter Julian Agardi even sees this, in retrospect, as confirmation of Bayern’s decision: “He has hardly had a chance in Dortmund so far. I think, in hindsight, it was right that Bayern didn’t pursue it seriously.”

Altschäffl added: “Bayern did consider him at one point, but in the end, it was the more sensible move. Even in Dortmund, he has little playing time—at Bayern, it would have been even harder.”

The decision-makers at Säbener Straße chose not to actively pursue the race for Silva. Instead, sporting director Max Eberl focused on more flexible attacking players who fit better into Vincent Kompany’s system. In the end, Nicolas Jackson arrived on loan from Chelsea.

Silva is considered a classic penalty-box striker, who is less involved in pressing and combination play—two qualities that are central to Kompany’s football philosophy.

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