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Article: Josip Stanisic moved to Bayer Leverkusen on 20 August on a loan basis and without an option to buy, Benjamin Pavard, who was willing to leave, went to Inter Milan ten days later for 30 million euros - thus FC Bayern is without two defensive professionals, subject to a final transfer on deadline day. For coach Thomas Tuchel, the sparse defence is an unsatisfactory situation. In retrospect, the 50-year-old would probably not have given defensive all-rounder Stanisic his release.
“It doesn’t look entirely happy,” Tuchel admitted (quoted via “Kicker”) at his club’s press conference before the third Bundesliga matchday. At the moment of the decision for the Stanisic transfer to Leverkusen, “there was no offer for Benji, and Benji was not with me, to put it clearly. He had played all the preparation games. And then it was a top solution for Stani, also for us, to be honest, to loan him out to a good club. To a club that is maybe a big competitor for us.”
The plan was for the Munich-born Croatian to return to Säbener Straße in 2024 to succeed Pavard at the end of his contract. According to reports, the Frenchman did not want to extend his contract, which would then expire. “That was the situation at that moment,” Tuchel said. With a subsequent turnaround “of 180 degrees”. The coach lamented: “That’s already a big gap that’s there and that we’re now trying to fill in a very short time.”
Ahead of the upcoming Bundesliga clash against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday evening (6:30pm), the record champions have “less competition and less reliability in the individual positions in the defensive area than we had last season”, Tuchel found. “That’s not exactly a wishful scenario now. We are still trying to change that. And if not, we have to get creative.” Internationals Armel Bella-Kotchap (21) from Southampton FC and Trevoh Chalobah (24) from Chelsea FC are being traded.
Recently, there were also rumours that Bayern had enquired about João Cancelo (29; Man City), who already spent the last second half of the season in Munich. According to Sky, the FCB has enquired about another loan. The Portuguese actually wants to move to FC Barcelona, but whether the Catalans can secure the financing is still open on the last transfer day.