Bayern 2023/24 – Team Analysis

Harry Kane’s transfer to Munich shook the world, signaling to other top clubs that Bayern are serious contenders for every trophy available. Deadline day dealings left FCB fans quite disappointed though…

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Transfers

Arrivals

Harry Kane	Centre-Forward	30	England	Tottenham	€100.00m
Min-jae Kim	Centre-Back	26	S. Korea	Napoli	€50.00m
Daniel Peretz	Goalkeeper	23	Israel	M. Tel Aviv	€5.00m
Konrad Laimer	Central Midfield	26	Austria	RB Leipzig	€0m
Raphael Guerreiro	Left-Back	29	Portugal	B. Dortmund	€0m

Harry Kane obviously stands out, England’s top goalscorer made a surprise moved and switched from the Premier League to the Bundesliga. Bayern needed a striker and they got their man. Min-jae Kim was Napoli best defender in their title winning campaign, he is a welcome addition. Neuer is injured for a while, however Ulreich will be the starter, Peretz is a backup. Bayern also managed to snap up two BuLi veterans on a free, Laimer and Guerreiro joins.

Bayern were after CDM, Joao Palhinha on deadline day, but the transfer fell through.

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Notable departures

Lucas Hernandez	Centre-Back	27	France	PSG	€45.00m
Ryan Gravenberch	Central Midfield	21	Netherlands	Liverpool	€40.00m
Benjamin Pavard	Centre-Back	27	France	Inter	€30.00m
Sadio Mane	Left Winger	31	Senegal	Al-Nassr	€30.00m
Marcel Sabitzer	Central Midfield	29	Austria	B. Dortmund	€19.00m
Yann Sommer	Goalkeeper	34	Switzerland	Inter	€6.75m
Daley Blind	Left-Back	33	Netherlands	Girona	€0m
Josip Stanisic	Right-Back	23	Croatia	B. Leverkusen	Loan

French defender Lucas Hernandez wanted to join PSG, so the Bavarians sold him for a loss. Not the same can be said about Gravenberch who joined Liverpool and Bayern got a nice profit off of as well. Pavard joined Inter, while high-earner Sadio Mane joined Ronaldo in Saudi Arabia.

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Squad

1	GK	GER	Manuel Neuer (captain)
2	DF	FRA	Dayot Upamecano
3	DF	KOR	Kim Min-jae
4	DF	NED	Matthijs de Ligt
6	MF	GER	Joshua Kimmich (3rd captain)
7	FW	GER	Serge Gnabry
8	MF	GER	Leon Goretzka
9	FW	ENG	Harry Kane
10	FW	GER	Leroy Sané
11	FW	FRA	Kingsley Coman
13	FW	CMR	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
18	GK	ISR	Daniel Peretz
19	DF	CAN	Alphonso Davies
20	DF	SEN	Bouna Sarr
22	DF	POR	Raphaël Guerreiro
25	FW	GER	Thomas Müller (vice-captain)
26	GK	GER	Sven Ulreich
27	MF	AUT	Konrad Laimer
28	DF	GER	Tarek Buchmann
39	FW	FRA	Mathys Tel
40	DF	MAR	Noussair Mazraoui
42	MF	GER	Jamal Musiala

Despite his injury, Neuer is still part of the squad and he is the captain. For now, Ulreich will be Bayern’s starter. Strong defense, 3 amazing centre backs, lot of depth at left back with the addition of Guerreiro and Mazraoui seemingly got his lucky break, as first choice RB.

As mentioned, Bayern failed to sign Palhinha and there is still a lack of a proper CDM. The addition of Laimer however, an experienced Bundesliga midfielder definitely does help. Musiala is also injured, however Bayern has lots of options in attack, with multiple top quality wingers and finally a proper striker: Harry Kane.

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Possible Starting 11

As mentioned, Neuer is still out, so Ulreich is first choice for now. The standard defense has Mazraoui at right back, 2 out of Upamecano, Min-jae Kim and De Ligt, plus Davies at left back. In midfield (for now) we have the typical duo of Kimmich and Goretzka, with Musiala/Muller at CAM. Sane and Coman are expected to start most matches, however Gnabry is also an option. Kane is obviously first choice striker.