[quote="Moose" post=398539][quote="Section9" post=398531][quote="Moose" post=398514][quote="Section9" post=398509][quote="Moose" post=398501][quote="Section9" post=398500][quote="Moose" post=398328]Not official just yet.
The great Fabrizio Romano has Bayern talking to him but also Barca are involved here as well. He's a great follow on Twitter if you don't already follow him
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1306577656734003200[/quote]
The plot thickens, Dest requested he not be selected for Ajax'x game yesterday. The latest is Barca selling Samedo to Wolves and Suarez probably on his way to Juve open up funds to pursue Dest. Koeman has expressed his interest, Dest's father is Dutch, and Barca are his dream team. However, Bayern have been on him the longest and he likes Bayern as well. Bayern is not about to sell the ranch to get him, that's not their style, but they may have waited a little too long here.[/quote]
Couldn't happen to a nicer team
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Jealousy doesn't become you
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Not jealousy. Just plain old dislike
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Might that dislike stem from the Gunners success, or the lack there of, against Bayern in the UCL this century?
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No sorry I thought you might have known from previous posts. I just don’t like how Bayern continually poach young talent from all the other German teams. Ohio and me have had some banter on here about that. I also find the 50 plus 1 rule to be ridiculously outdated and in need of tweaking. Love watching Bundesliga but find Bayern dominance stale. And yes other clubs are just as bad for selling them their top young players too.
When you’ve immersed yourself in a sport like I have but only followed the sport and Arsenal for 8 years or so the lack of CL success isn’t that big a deal to me.[/quote]
I get the poaching thing, but Bayern have always been a destination for young German players; within limits. They're not going to break the bank to sign guys. Just like Kai and Timo recently.
Bayern are not backed by Gulf potentates or oligarchs who have nothing better to do then splash hundreds of millions on top players. The most they've spent is $72 M on Hernadez, and he's either injured or can't crack the starting line-up..
Take a look at some of the teams in the EPL, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A who think nothing of spending mega millions on players and then get away with avoiding sanctions for exceeding salary cap levels, hello City. Reminds me of the big power schools avoiding serious NCAA sanctions because they're blue bloods and the rules don't apply to them.
Love 'em or hate 'em, give Bayern credit for sticking to their financial guns.