{"id":600417,"date":"2021-08-29T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=600417"},"modified":"2021-08-30T10:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:43:07","slug":"bayern-munich-reach-agreement-to-sign-marcel-sabitzer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/29\/bayern-munich-reach-agreement-to-sign-marcel-sabitzer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich Reach Agreement to Sign Marcel Sabitzer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich have completed the signing of RB Leipzig midfielder Marcel Sabitzer. The Austrian midfielder has signed a contract until 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leipzig will turn their attention towards Ilaix Moriba, who has become somewhat of an outcast having failed to agree a new deal at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/29\/tottenham-hotspur-keen-on-signing-barcelona-defender-emerson-royal\/\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> and lower his wage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once the deal is completed, Bayern Munich will have signed Leipzig\u2019s centre-back, Dayot Upamecano, Leipzig\u2019s manager, Julian Nagelsmann and Leipzig\u2019s star midfielder, Marcel Sabitzer. The summer business acts as a prime example of just how Bayern dismantle their potential title rivals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Bayer Munich Sign Marcel Sabitzer\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ca\">An Guadn! \ud83e\udd68\ud83c\udf74\ud83c\udf7a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ServusMarcel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ServusMarcel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QJhMGxjgBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/QJhMGxjgBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen (@FCBayern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBayern\/status\/1432342446545977350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the club website, Bayern CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/fcbayern.com\/de\/news\/2021\/08\/neuzugang-beim-fc-bayern-marcel-sabitzer-unterschreibt-bis-2025?shortURL=Sabitzer2025\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oliver Kahn said<\/a>: &#8220;Marcel Sabitzer has everything a player needs for FC Bayern.\u00a0He will also not need a long time to get used to because he is already very familiar with the philosophy of our trainer Julian Nagelsmann.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sports director Hasan Salihamid\u017ei\u0107 added: &#8220;We are very happy that we were able to win Marcel Sabitzer for FC Bayern. Marcel is a very good footballer, he has a great mentality, is very ambitious and, as captain of RB, was responsible on and off the pitch.\u00a0Our coach knows him very well, also as a leader.\u00a0We look forward to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Moriba: An Ideal Replacement<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With Sabitzer on his way out, Leipzig will need a replacement. And, with just a couple of days left until the transfer window slams shut, Ilaix Moriba is the perfect target to go for. The deal will not be complicated, Barcelona need his departure and the player, himself, needs to get his career going again after being frozen out at the Nou Camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Bundesliga side will face competition for his signature, however, with reports suggesting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/27\/tottenham-hotspur-chelsea-interested-in-ilaix-moriba\/\" target=\"_self\">interest from Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>, but Leipzig remains the best destination. The Bundesliga has become the perfect breading ground for young talent. Just look at Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho, for example. Both players left England for Borussia Dortmund before reaching the next level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for Sabitzer, it\u2019s always a gamble leaving the comforts of consistent football for a side so full of talent, but he has the ability to compete, and, with Julian Nagelsmann in charge, he\u2019s bound to fit the system and receive opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Leipzig will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1431921788951437314?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly receive \u20ac16 million<\/a> for the midfielder from Bayern Munich, as the champions look to seal the title yet again this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"WXXh7CEeQxJa80zvjSaZVg\" 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\/1233672368\" 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:'WXXh7CEeQxJa80zvjSaZVg',sig:'5-MlzJtFRQMUOoUzzuahju1JTpHNu8Y0H2aHlrwCa3s=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1233672368',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>Bayern Munich have completed the signing of RB Leipzig midfielder Marcel Sabitzer. The Austrian midfielder has signed a contract until 2025. Leipzig will turn their attention towards Ilaix Moriba, who has become somewhat of an outcast having failed to agree a new deal at Barcelona and lower his wage. Once the deal is completed, Bayern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3402,"featured_media":600418,"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":[1364,4,2,30,28],"tags":[4488],"class_list":["post-600417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bayern-munich","category-bundesliga","category-featured","category-news","category-transfers","tag-marcel-sabitzer"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600417","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\/3402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}