Bayern Munich’s new loan strategy is to sell players. Yes, really. The Bavarians’ recent loans has seen a lot of players pushed out on loans with an option to buy. Felipe Chávez, Armindo Sieb, Noël Aséko Nkili, Grayson Dettoni and Jussef Nasarawe are just some of the names that have the left Bayern in this manner. Even if there is no option to buy, Bayern make it clear that they are willing to offload their talented youngsters for an affordable fee.
As long as, of course, the Bavarians retain an appropriate buy back clause to ensure they profit if the player’s value quickly shoots up.
With this in mind and with summer transfer window plans being realized all across Europe, it is possible to look with a critical eye on which talents will return to Munich. Furthermore, the German tradition of saying goodbye to exiting players in the last home game of the season helps hint at who may or may not stay with their loan clubs. A few of the players on loan in Germany are certainly returning to Munich but some loanees were left off of the list of honored departing players. So let us go down the list: Who looks like they are staying and who does not?
Maurice Krattenmacher (Hertha BSC) — Could stay at loan club
Maurice Krattenmacher has had a fairly fruitless loan spell at 2. Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin, a club which itself has had a poor season. But in their last home game of the season against Greuther Fürth, Krattenmacher was not one of the players bid goodbye.
Felipe Chávez (FC Köln) — Could stay at loan club
Felipe Chávez has yet to start a match or even hit 40 minutes in an appearance for FC Köln, but his last minute loan in February to the Bundesliga side always put him in a difficult position to break into the team. He was not bid farewell in their last home game against Heidenheim, so he certainly might stay.
Armindo Sieb (Mainz 05) — Is returning
Sent on loan to FSV Mainz 05 in 2024 on a two year loan spell with an option to buy, Armindo Sieb has never broken into the first team and was officially bid goodbye by the club’s official twitter account.
Tarek Buchmann (1. FC Nürnberg) — Is returning
Tarek Buchmann’s loan to Bayern’s bitter rival 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2. Bundesliga has been plagued by injuries, a lack of trust and less than 100 minutes with first team. Moreover, the 21-year-old was even relegated to the U-23s from time to time. As a final insult, the last game he played for the U-23s was a 4-1 trouncing of Bayern’s U-23s and he would eventually celebrate winning the Regionalliga Bayern title with Nürnberg. Unsurprisingly, Nürnberg will not keep Buchmann and communicated that already through an official announcement.
Javier Fernández (1. FC Nürnberg) — Could stay at loan club
Javier Fernández recovered from a near 18 month injury layoff just in time to join Buchmann in January. However, despite being given few chances for most of the season, he finally got to start a run of games in the last few games of the season and has looked excellent. Now that Nürnberg have taken the (very belated) leap of faith and know Fernández can excel in matches as well as on the training pitch, reporter Kerry Hau claims Nürnberg are looking to keep the Spaniard. He was not on the list of departing players, either.
Grayson Dettoni (SV Darmstadt 98) — Could stay at loan club
How about that? The American Grayson Dettoni plays just two matches for Darmstadt, but the club’s official website confirmed they are considering using their buy option. Hopefully Dettoni will finally find a decent home after multiple years of struggles.
Paul Scholl (Karlsruhe SC) — Confirmed stay at loan club
The jump from sometimes starter for Bayern’s U-23s in the Regionalliga Bayern to 2. Bundesliga side Karlsruhe SC was always going to be a big one for Paul Scholl and so it proved in an up-and-down campaign. He was relegated to the bench for the first 16 matchdays, then started 5 games in a row from matchdays 17-21 before being relegated to the bench again. Then he started the final game of the season.
Karlsruhe communicated that Scholl’s future was open immediately after their final 2. Bundesliga match of the season via their official website. Just two days later, Bayern confirmed via their own official website that the 19-year-old will be moving to Karlsruhe SC permanently via the option to buy included in his contract.
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