While waiting to hear some positive news from Liverpool about their bid for Sadio Mane, the Bavarians are trying to cut the costs. On the top of the list is highly regarded Marcel Sabitzer (10,000,000 euros in wages), who was brought in just under a year ago for 16 million euros, but is already on the transfer list, as he didn’t meet the expectations since coming from Leipzig. Bayern Munich also managed to finally cut ties with one of the biggest flops ever in this club – Jann-Fiete Arp. Once regarded as one of the greatest talents in German football has now reached an agreement on the early departure from Bundesliga consecutive champions. Bayern and Jann-Fiete Arp have reached an agreement to terminate the player’s contract. The striker was under contract until 2023 – and not 2024 as previously thought. Bayern will pay Arp a compensation fee of €3m [@BILD]— Bayern & Germany (@iMiaSanMia) June 16, 2022 As it was the case so many times before (see Manuel Neuer and Leon Goretzka), Bayern was very hasty in their desire to get hold of all perspective young German players, on a free transfer if possible, if not, as cheaper as they can. In 2019, they got him for a relatively small amount (3 million euros) from HSV, but it turns out that they made a fatal mistake by negotiating a salary. They did everything they could to lure the youngster to Munich. At the age of 19, the future hair to Robert Lewandowski’s number 9 (that what they thought at the time) got a four year deal salary of 4,000,000 fixed and another 1,000,000 through bonuses. Luckily for Bayern, they didn’t have to pay him that bonus, simply because he was never that good to play in ANY Bundesliga matches, not even as a late sub during the last three years. Gravenberch in Bayern until 2027, Ajax could earn up to 24 million eurosHis only appearance for Bayern’s first team was 13 minutes from the bench in 2020, against five-tire amateur team FC Duren in DFP Cup match. So, the Bavarians spent 12 million euros on a guy who never played in Bundesliga and was also seen as Lewa’s successor. So, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic negotiated with Arp to get out of this expensive deal one year early, and paid him 3 million euros in compensation. So, all in all, Bayern paid 18 million euros (transfer + wage + compensation) for a German teenager who played 13 minutes in the first team. What a terrible business. The forward will remain with Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga 2 where he spent the season on loan (23 games only 2 goals) and Bayern managed to insert a clause that they will get 35% of Arp’s next transfer. But, looking at his season in Kiel, the Bavarians shouldn’t have any hopes.
