In the days of crisis when they still can’t get over the debacle in Manchester; when the media is full of gossip about the scandal caused by Sadio Mane immediately after the game with City, and the attacking seven (Muller, Gnabry, Sane, Mane, Musiala, Coman, Choupo Moting) did not score a goal for more than 400 minutes, it is hard to believe that the executives at Allianz Arena are not fuming through their teeth: ‘what a mistake we made with not signing Erling Haaland’!Bayern didn’t commit enough to bring the Norwegian goalscorer from Dortmund this summer – partly because they didn’t have a clear situation with Robert Lewandowski – which is why the Bavarians are suffering a lot this season. And as things currently stand, the situation will not be easy at all during the upcoming transfer market.Not only will the media and fans not stop talking about the minor glitch with Haaland, but Hasan Salihamidžić and Oliver Kahn will have a serious challenge in front of them to hire a top-class striker, necessary for Bayern – which no one doubts anymore.##NAJAVA_MECA_7190026##The experiment with tactics without a classic striker failed. Sadio Mane and Serge Gnabry failed the ‘false nine’ test, so Eric Maxim Choupo Moting was promoted to the first striker by force of chance. However, the Bavarians must not welcome the new season with the Cameroonian veteran as the only option in the center forward position.”Of course we will sit down and see what we can do during the summer”, said Salihamidžić worriedly a few days ago and shifted the focus back to Bayern’s ‘casting’ for the striker.And then we come to the serious problem facing the leaders of the Munich giants. After, according to insider information, the will of the first pick of the German champion – Harry Kane – to play in the Bundesliga was seriously questioned, something similar is happening with the second target. It is currently the African gem and Napoli’s biggest star, Victor Osimhen (24).”Osimhen is a machine. If Bayern could get him, he is the number one solution for me,” said Sky’s expert consultant Didi Hamann.And while in earlier years the German champion often lost some battles in the market because they did not want to pay astronomical figures and behave like “drunken billionaires” as some Premier League clubs do – now the problem is of a different nature. The new head of the financial sector, Michael Diederich, recently said in an interview for the club magazine “51” that he does not rule out a transfer worth 100,000,000 euros in the summer, but the following question arises: on whom to spend such money if neither Kane nor Osimhen are interested in coming to Bundesliga?Milan fearful of Osimhen’s return to the Champions League rematchAnd that seems to be the case, at least in the case of Victor Osimhen. Some kind of confirmation comes from the current sporting director of Mainz, Martin Schmidt, a man who worked with the Nigerian during 2017 and 2018 in Wolfsburg.”Yes, the Premier League has always been his dream and primary goal. Even then, until he was in the foreground at my place. The guy has incredible potential, he is athletically built, fast, great in the air, has that goal scoring sixth sense.”After all, Osimhen himself talked about his wishes in an interview with The Athletic last month:”I work hard every day so that one day I can fulfill my biggest dream and play in England,” he said, among other things.Victor #Osimhen is one of three hot candidates for #Bayern’s striker this summer alongside #Kane and #KoloMuani. Bayern would definitely like to strengthen the center forward position. [@_kochmaximilian] pic.twitter.com/DKYRBLok6G— FC Bayern English & Germany National team (@FCBayernGER) April 17, 2023 And the list of interested parties is not small. In addition to Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly monitoring the Nigerian. In such a competition, Bayern stand with little chance of success. Even that ‘suitcase’ with 100,000,000 the Bavarians are keeping on stand-by will mean little when big spenders from the ‘Island’ knock on Napoli’s door.Option C at Zebener Strasse is currently Eintracht striker Randal Kolo Muani (24) – scorer of 20 goals and the assist provider of 14 more this season. The situation with him is somewhat different. Namely, Bayern are not quite ready to allocate such a large amount for him, and the club from Frankfurt is hoping for a record income – at least 70,000,000 euros.This stalemate stems from the Bavarians’ long-established policy of not paying astronomical compensation to German clubs. In the last ten years, on the list of the most expensive reinforcements of Bayern (Hernandez, De Ligt, Sane, Tolisso, Martinez, Vidal…) only one player was brought from the Bundesliga rival – Dayot Upamecano (42,500,000 euros).
