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It doesn’t get any easier for Joshua Zirkzee at Bayern.
Robert Lewandowski, European Footballer of the Year, is inviolable in attack. With Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, a free transfer top backup has now been signed.
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What it means: In the Bayern storm, Zirkzee is only number three!
Hansi Flick on loan
Interesting: There were mind games about a possible loan deal with the 19-year-old Dutchman though. TO SPORT1– Hansi Flick wanted to keep the information.
The coach and his team want to see Zirkzee stay under even more pressure. Conversely, that means: The Choupo-Moting engagement is intended to incite Zirkzee, not demotivate him.
A few days ago the center forward said: “I need minutes to play and together with Bayern we have to see what to do. If that means I’m on loan, we’ll do it.
Feyenoord Rotterdam coach Dick Advocaat showed interest (“He would be an excellent player for us”). Cologne’s sports director Horst Heldt also asked about him. But both times nothing turned out.
“There was not enough time on Deadline Day. It was a difficult story. I’m staying with Bayern now, but maybe something else will happen in the future. I don’t know exactly yet,” Zirkzee said for the last time. Algemeen Dagblad as part of his debut for the Dutch U21 team.
Zirkzee could benefit from a busy schedule
Despite the great competition: Bayern will not drop their storm talent. Because it’s also unforgettable how he only needed 101 Bundesliga minutes for his first three goals and two assists last season.
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Due to the upcoming XXL program, you can be sure of more assignments, because Flick will have to rotate due to the load. However, more is expected from Zirkzee (contract until 2023) than he last showed. Sometimes he is accused of hanging himself.
In March, after beating Schalke 04 1-0 in the quarter-finals, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said of him: “He has developed really well in recent months. He has learned to be more present. It is not like that anymore. , a little sleepy. “
In his starting XI against Hoffenheim (1: 4), he was recently shown his limits clearly.
In any case, giving up is out of the question for Zirkzee: “I can still develop well at Bayern and who says I won’t get playing minutes? It’s up to me to face the competition. If that’s the case, I can always stay. If not, we still have winter break. “
