Bayern Munich’s seek for the following Musiala

Bayern Munich has lengthy been a powerhouse on and off the pitch in Germany. By means of rich sponsorship offers with German giants corresponding to Adidas, Deutsche Telekom, Allianz, and Audi, the Bavarian membership has dominated German soccer with annual revenues of $895 million. Compared, rival Bayer Leverkusen, final 12 months’s winners of the Bundesliga title, has an annual income of $347 million.

Whereas FC Bayern continues to dominate the income desk amongst Bundesliga golf equipment in Germany, the competitors to draw new gamers has grow to be extra of a problem as of late.

“At the least 10 or 11 Premier League golf equipment most likely have more cash than now we have,” Bayern Munich Director of Youth Improvement Jochen Sauer stated this month. For the Premier League golf equipment, which means extra scouts, the power to supply gamers more cash, and higher coaching services.

But Bayern Munich isn’t compromising on the kind of youth gamers it needs to signal.

“We want gamers which are technically on the highest degree as a result of Bayern Munich is all possession,” Sauer stated. “It’s most likely the other of Pink Bull soccer. Pink Bull soccer could be very intense, [a lot of] urgent, athletic and bodily. With Bayern Munich, as quickly as now we have the ball, we need to play with it.”

In line with Sauer, the seek for the following Jamal Musiala goes nicely past the nation’s borders. Amongst them is the USA the place Bayern Munich has a novel partnership.

Bayern Munich’s seek for distinctive expertise

“It is rather logical for us to attempt to get to essentially the most attention-grabbing expertise markets [including the United States],” defined Sauer. “In my eyes, in case you evaluate MLS at this time to 10 years in the past, there’s been an enormous enchancment. There’s a whole lot of expertise in soccer in the USA so we stated ‘We have to get into the US market.’

“We began a partnership in 2018 with FC Dallas and the Hunt household. It was very profitable by way of bringing gamers to Europe. Chris Richards is one instance. Now he’s taking part in within the Premier League for Crystal Palace.

“However Dallas was not prepared at the moment to go outdoors of the USA, to cowl different markets corresponding to South America and Europe. So we determined in 2021 to vary partnerships in MLS. Now we’re along with LAFC, a really bold membership. Among the best groups in MLS at current.

“We’ve based a three way partnership Pink&Gold Soccer, which relies in Munich. It’s a 50/50 three way partnership with LAFC. Our focus is now the [North] American, South American, and African markets to develop expertise for Bayern Munich and LAFC.”

Bayern Munich’s distinctive partnership with LAFC

FC Bayern’s partnership with LAFC is exclusive.

“One of many the reason why now we have this partnership with LAFC, particularly in California, is as a result of they’ve a really shut connection to North and South America,” Sauer stated. “So we share a bit of little bit of the tasks. LAFC oversees extra of the South American market as a result of they’ve their scouts on the bottom in South America. They’ve a whole lot of gamers of their staff from South America and North America. We, [Bayern Munich], oversee the European and African market.”

That division of tasks permits each golf equipment to deal with key geographic areas as an alternative of getting slowed down making an attempt to scout worldwide.

An ideal instance of that is in South America, the place final 12 months Pink&Gold Soccer turned the bulk shareholder of Racing Membership de Montevideo, a membership in Uruguay’s high division.

Particular person pathways for gamers

In September, Pink&Gold Soccer loaned a gifted Argentina striker named Tomas Veron Lupi from Montevideo to Grasshopper Membership Zurich within the Swiss Tremendous League. The bulk proprietor of Grasshopper is LAFC, who bought greater than 90% of the shares within the firm earlier this 12 months.

Requested how the choice was made to find out if a participant like Lupi strikes to both Bayern Munich or LAFC, Sauer advised World Soccer Discuss, “It all the time depends upon the person and the standard of the participant. It might be that he goes on to Europe.

“If we really feel that the transfer to LA can be the perfect by way of getting extra built-in into a special tradition and studying the English language, then it might be the correct pathway to maneuver the participant to LA the place you possibly can converse Spanish and English, and the place he can study English, after which come to Germany the place it might be simpler for him to combine and adapt in Germany. We all the time attempt to develop a person pathway for every participant.”

In Lupi’s case, the choice was made that the 24-year-old was prepared to maneuver on to Europe.

Taking part in time challenges for youth gamers in Germany

Discovering the following Jamal Musiala is like discovering a diamond within the tough. The gifted attacking midfielder started taking part in soccer in Germany till the age of seven earlier than transferring to England, the place he lived for the remainder of his childhood. His first academy in England was at Southampton, however quickly after, he joined Chelsea’s academy earlier than transferring to Bayern Munich.

Whereas Sauer is definitely centered on growing the following Musiala, taking part in in Germany does have its challenges in comparison with England, France, and Portugal.

“I might fee our academy system [in Germany] on the identical degree as English and French academies,” Sauer stated. “Our greatest downside is getting these gamers into [professional] males’s soccer [matches].

“If you happen to take a look at the common age of a French Ligue 2 staff, it’s a median of 21 or 22 years outdated. They’re much better at integrating gamers into males’s soccer. It’s the identical in England. You might have a really sturdy Championship, League One and League Two. 

“I feel having 5 regional leagues in Germany and a 3rd league with a median age of method over 25, and a Bundesliga 2 age common of over 26, these are the issues in Germany. If you happen to evaluate an English Championship staff to a Bundesliga 2 membership, you’ll discover out that the common age is way youthful. They offer a platform for his or her [younger] gamers.

“We’ve got 56 academies in Germany. If all of them develop one participant adequate for the Bundesliga, the place ought to they play? There’s merely no platform for these gamers. I feel we lose essentially the most expertise as quickly as they’re popping out of the academy system, having no membership the place they’ll show their high quality or the place they’ll get taking part in minutes. That’s an enormous benefit of the French, Portuguese, and English methods.”

Looking for the following Musiala – Parting ideas

Taking part in time challenges apart, Bayern Munich has created a joint-venture partnership the place it’ll be fascinating to see what Pink&Gold Soccer produces. Can LAFC unearth a uncooked expertise who’ll be reworked into the following Bayern Munich star, or vice versa? Solely time will inform.

Picture: IMAGO / MIS

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