Now he has his new defense boss!
Matthijs de Ligt (22) boarded a plane to Washington on Tuesday afternoon to join his new team on the US tour. Shortly thereafter, Bayern officially announced the change. The Dutchman switches from Juve to Bayern for 67 million plus 10 million bonuses.
In the evening, coach Julian Nagelsmann (34) spoke for the first time about his new defensive star: “First of all, I’m very happy, he’s one of the most talented central defenders in the world. He’s still young, it’s a great transfer, a great sign for us and the Bundesliga. He’s really addicted to defending, he wants to prevent goals. He knows how to defend up front, in midfield, that suits us perfectly. He has great timing in a duel.”
Nagelsmann is looking forward to de Ligt
About four weeks ago, the coach spoke to de Ligt for the first time: “When we spoke for the first time, he said he only wanted to go to Bayern. That’s a great thing, that’s how it was with Mané.”
De Ligt arrives in Washington on Tuesday evening, trains with the team for the first time on Wednesday and is expected to make his debut in the evening’s first friendly against DC United. Nagelsmann: “We’ll see how he gets here. I think he’ll play a few minutes.
Nagelsmann already has a special order for his new defense boss for the season: score goals! Nagelsmann: “We lose 40 goals through Lewy, we have to compensate for that somehow. I hope that he can also score seven or eight goals, he’s also a player who can score goals!”
Left-back Alphonso Davies (21) is also looking forward to his new partner: “De Ligt is a fantastic player, a really strong defender. He’s a leader, we saw what he did with Ajax in 2019. We’re looking forward to his leadership qualities on the field. He’s a young, hungry player. He’s definitely a leader!”
By the way: Nagelsmann gave a nice tip against FC Barcelona after the millions in commitments from Lewandowski and Raphinha, among others: “The only club that has no money, but buys any player they want, I don’t know how that is It’s kinda weird, kinda crazy…
It mulled in the Bayern plane Here Müller is kidding his teammates
19.07.2022