{"id":583528,"date":"2021-02-12T16:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=583528"},"modified":"2021-02-12T16:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:09:32","slug":"dayot-upamecano-to-complete-bayern-munich-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/02\/12\/dayot-upamecano-to-complete-bayern-munich-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayot Upamecano to Complete Bayern Munich Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dayot Upamecano has reached a deal to join Bayern Munich. This has been reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360317205041324038\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1360315391441043456\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christian Falk<\/a> as it now appears he will indeed be staying in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_self\">Bundesliga<\/a>. Additionally, Bayern Sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cfbayern\/status\/1360320253318856708\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> that Upamecano would be joining the club in the summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Salihamidzic just confirmed to Bild that Dayot Upamecano has reached an agreement with Bayern M\u00fcnich on personal terms: \u201cI can confirm, we\u2019re very happy!\u201d \ud83d\udd34<\/p>\n<p>The deal will be signed and completed in the coming months, when the release clause [\u20ac42.5m] will be paid to RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360317205041324038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Dayot Upamecano Set to Sign With Bayern Munich<\/h2>\n<h3>A Long Term Deal<\/h3>\n<p>Romano has reported that the Upamecano will be signing a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360308403722014721\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">five year contract<\/a> with Bayern. All that appears left for Bayern to do is pay the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360308403722014721\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u20ac42.5 release clause<\/a> and the center back will be on his way to join the reigning European champions. Other clubs that were reported to have shown interest included <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360310022962569220\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool and Chelsea<\/a> but no bids were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1360310022962569220\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> to have been made by either club.<\/p>\n<h3>A Needed Player for Bayern<\/h3>\n<p>Bayern certainly needed to sign a center back in the summer transfer window as long time defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/05439de2\/David-Alaba\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Alaba<\/a> has is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/01\/18\/real-madrid-to-clinch-signing-of-david-alaba\/\" target=\"_self\">reportedly<\/a> to be on his way to a new club. Alaba has helped anchor Bayern&#8217;s backline in recent seasons and Upamecano will ensure the backline continues to feature high quality defenders.<\/p>\n<p><em>Die Roten\u00a0<\/em>have not had their best season defensively during the 2020\/21 campaign. They have <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/comps\/20\/Bundesliga-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conceded 26 goals<\/a> so far this season in the Bundesliga which is the second most out of the current top five clubs in the league. Upamecano&#8217;s arrival may offer a solution to the number of goals Bayern have been conceding recently. He has gained plenty of experience at RB Leipzig playing in the German top flight and UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Upamecano could play alongside either <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e33c06cf\/Niklas-Sule\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Niklas Sule<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/2db2fd7b\/Jerome-Boateng\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jerome Boateng<\/a> next season. Sule and Boateng have shared playing time during the current campaign with both players receiving opportunities from Bayern manager Hansi Flick. Young talent <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0a3d6d2b\/Chris-Richards\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Richards<\/a>, who is currently on loan at Hoffenheim, provides another option as well at center back. Overall, the acquisition of Upamecano ensures Bayern remains strong at the back.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"BO92oeRkTRdZ4LLo1XFqrw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1299514069\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BO92oeRkTRdZ4LLo1XFqrw',sig:'itjsEdVH9bLG145x_P83ivJgZ-RsxxxSnJHuycndASw=',w:'594px',h:'349px',items:'1299514069',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dayot Upamecano has reached a deal to join Bayern Munich. This has been reported by Fabrizio Romano and Christian Falk as it now appears he will indeed be staying in the Bundesliga. Additionally, Bayern Sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic confirmed that Upamecano would be joining the club in the summer. Salihamidzic just confirmed to Bild that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":583540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1364,28],"tags":[53,8240,4085,4335,2820,620,136],"class_list":["post-583528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bundesliga","category-bayern-munich","category-transfers","tag-bayern-munich","tag-bundesliga-transfer-news","tag-dayot-upamecano","tag-hansi-flick","tag-hasan-salihamidzic","tag-rb-leipzig","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}