These reported targets of FC Bayern – both 16 years of age – would very much fit within the club’s modern transfer philosophy. Certainly, with the way in which sporting director Christoph Freund likes to run recruitment. He did the same at RB Salzburg when he worked there as a boss. Lennart Karl, of course, is the big, shining example at Bayern when it comes to recruiting young talents and developing them at Säbener Straße. There are multiple ways of going about this. If we do this, you can see how it works for the future; you can give them a chance to play, loan them out or even earn money from them. This is part of the modern philosophy. It’s not just about finding the next big talent, but also about raising funds from young players.
We’ve seen it already in the current transfer window, which is proving very difficult for Max Eberl, where it’s the young players (Jonah Kusi-Asare and, perhaps soon, Noël Aséko) he could manage to sell. Not the older stars on big salaries. When you see a few million euros here and a few million euros there, it all adds up! If you sell a bunch of these talents, you suddenly have enough money to buy a Givairo Read, for instance. I think it’s a really interesting approach. Whether it works out with Srb and Parker, we’ll have to see, because you also have to persuade them to go to Bayern Munich when the squad is already stacked with talent. But still, you always have the example of Lennart Karl, who made it. So, perhaps they could make it, too.