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Before Bayern Munich’s game against Schalke on Friday, the transfer that we have been waiting for months was finally announced. Officially. Bayern and Liverpool confirmed that Thiago Alcántara would leave Munich for grim old England in a transfer that, according to various reports, could cost Bayern up to € 30 million when all is said and done.
Thiago took to his Instagram account to post a video of him celebrating with the team after the 2020/19 Champions League Final victory against Paris Saint-Germain, describing it as “the best possible memory to close this incredible chapter. “.
Thiago too wrote a farewell letter to Bayern fans and posted it today on his Twitter.
“Yes, it was the most difficult decision of my career. I decided to close this chapter in this wonderful Club. The Club where I grew up and developed as a player for the last 7 years.
Victories, successes, moments of joy and some difficult moments too. But what I am most proud of is having arrived in Munich as a young man full of dreams and having left completely realized and identified with a Club, a history, a philosophy, a language and a culture. Here I learned to love and respect a tradition that I now say goodbye to but will never forget: the Mia San Mia.
My family and I have had incredible moments: in the city, on Säbener Strasse and, of course, in our beloved Allianz Arena. With you, my Bayern family who treated me so well and loved me every second.
My decision is purely sports. As a footballer, I want and need new challenges to develop as I did here.
Bayern will always be my Heimat. Eternal thanks Bayern! “
(You can see a featured video of him reading this letter here.)
We will always have this precious moment where Thiago mistook Santa Claus on the video board for a Bayern player.
Goodbye and good luck, Thiago. We will miss you.
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