It was on the eve of New Year 2022 when Bayern Munich fans got the terrible news. Germany‘s keeper and their beloved captain was in the hospital bed after an operation which was a necessity since he broke his fibula on skiing after the World Cup. Manuel Neuer was done for the season and Bayern Munich executives were looking desperately for a replacement. That was also the time when the reserve keeper Alexander Nubel (on loan at Monaco) finally realized that he will not get a proper chance even when the first goalkeeper is out of action for six months (he is now in Stuttgart). The Bavarians were searching to buy and the son of the famous Manchester United keeper was already at the airport ready to make a move….but it didn‘t happen.Kasper Schmeichel has revealed that he was cruelly denied a dream move to Bayern Munich at the eleventh hour in 2022. 🫠Tonight, he has a chance at enacting revenge on the German giants. 👀 pic.twitter.com/ukofcxe64W— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) February 18, 2025 In fact, two years after that situation, Celtic keeper Kasper Schmeichel has finally come to Munich, but only to play against Bayern, not for him. The German team won in Glasgow last week 2-1 and are determined to record another victory tonight in order to advance to the Round of 16, and son of famous keeper Peter Schmeichel told an interesting story to the press.“Yes, that’s true. There were negotiations to go to Bayern after Neuer was injured. There was agreement on everything. But at the last second it fell through. I don’t know exactly what happened, but I was already on my way to the airport. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out. You would have to ask Bavaria what the problem was” he said to the German press.Machiavellian Bayern salvage a key draw against brave LeverWhat he probably didn‘t knew was that there was no problem, he was just not the first option. At the time when Neuer got injured, Bayern immediattely went for Borussia Monchengladbach keeper Yan Sommer and the Foals accepted the deal (the player also forced a move), but they couldn‘t find a suitable replacement, as they didn‘t plan to lose their number 1 keeper in January. The club tried to find available goalie, while Bayern had to prepare for a solution number two, if Sommer doesn‘t come. They struck a deal with Schmeichel, he was ready to come and in the last hour Borussia found Jonas Omlin from Montpelier and the Dane didn‘t come.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – PLAYOFFSReturn legTuesday 20.45: (1.45) Milan (4.50) Feyenoord (7.00)23.00: (1.55) Atalanta (4.10) Club Brugge (6.00)23.00: (1.20) Bayern (7.25) Celtic (12.0)23.00: (1.95) Benfica (3.50) Monaco (3.90)Wednesday 20.45: (1.95) Dortmund (3.50) Sporting (3.90)23.00: (1.18) PSG (7.25) Brest (15.0)23.00: (2.30) PSV (3.45) Juventus (3.05)23.00: (1.85) Real Madrid (3.80) Man.City (4.00)***odds are subject to change***
