Kim Min-jae, a center back who joined last summer, was also listed. In addition, he is also missing from Munich's expected starting list for the next game, raising concerns that his UEFA Champions League away match against Real on the 9th may be his last official match in Munich.
Rumors of the release, which had been circulating before the match against Real, were raised through powerful media this time. "Bayern Munich is keeping an eye on Jonathan Ta (Bayel Leverkusen)," Sky Sports Germany reported on the 9th (Korea Standard Time). "As other players are also on the list of candidates for recruitment, Kim Min-jae and Dayo Upamecano are expected to leave Munich this summer." 토토사이트
Munich finished this season without a loss for the first time in 12 years. Starting with 0-3 defeat against Leipzig in the DFL-Super Cup in the early days of this season, the team was eliminated after losing to the third division team in the DFB-Pokal, and lost the Bundesliga title to Bayer Leverkusen, who created an unbeaten sensation. In the UEFA Champions League, which was the last hope, the team fell to its knees after losing one draw and one loss to Real Madrid in the semifinal. Munich struggled hard in two matches against Real, which had been considered inferior to the team in terms of power, but Kim Min-jae made a mistake in the first match, and luck did not follow in the second match.
As Munich confirmed its no title, bitter criticism of Germany's most prestigious club Munich has been pouring out here and there after the 2011-2012 season was confirmed without a trophy.
Sky Sports said, "Munich this season has suffered a lot of injuries and lacked depth of squads. There were voices calling for a proper change of team in order not to end the next season without much success," adding, "More than anything, the Champions League final will take place in Munich. There is no greater motivation than this." He explained that the time is now when Munich needs to rebuild.
The reporter Florian Flettenberg, who published the article, is famous for reporting Kim Min-jae's transfer to Munich in June last year. He, who became famous for his surprise report at the time, again pointed out Kim Min-jae's fate.
"Two good center backs are not enough. Kim Min-jae and Upamecano lacked performance despite high transfer fees. One was responsible for providing two runs in the first match against Real, and the other made frequent mistakes," he said. "On the other hand, Matthijs Diricht is the most stable and top center back in Munich. He is doing better than many expected." Diricht regained his starting position last season. Diricht is on loan and has been performing well.
"The defense needs to take action. At this level, two good center backs are not enough," he said, adding that Dyer and Dyericht alone, who gave good reviews, cannot have a proper season. Other than Dyericht and Dyer, Dyericht is believed to need to clean up center backs.
The media called for the need to overhaul the center back, saying, "When a new coach comes, we must clearly solve this problem."
"Munich faced an uncertain future after the match against Real Madrid. We will start rebuilding this summer without knowing who will become the new coach yet," French news agency AFP said, referring to players who performed poorly this season.
The list also includes Kim Min-jae and Upamecano. "Upamecano and Kim Min-jae, who were brought in after paying a total of 92.5 million euros in transfer fees, have mostly stayed on the bench for recent months. Dyer and Diricht, who were kicked out of Tottenham, were preferred as center backs," said AFP.
"Munich, which has no trophies and no coaches, faced the biggest challenge to hegemony in a generation," he said, adding that a reorganization of the squad is needed to regain hegemony in Germany.
Germany's top soccer magazine Kicker excluded Kim Min-jae from the expected starting list at the 33rd round home game of the Munich-Wolfsburg Bundesliga at 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. It predicted that Kim will play in Derricht and Dier. Including the match against Wolfsburg, Munich has two more matches to play this season.
Munich has 69 points, giving up the runner-up spot to Stuttgart (70 points), which played one more game. Only when the team beats Wolfsburg, it can regain the second place and seek the runner-up status in the final match.
In fact, rumors have already been raised several times in Germany that Kim Min-jae will be released. Since last month, rumors of Kim Min-jae's release have intensified this month.
"Now, there are voices calling for Kim to be considered a bad recruit from inside Munich. That is a logical result. Tuchel believes that Kim is a problem with his game plan. In the most recent match against Heidenheim, Kim started again but failed to show any good performance as he was involved in two of the three runs. Tuchel placed Kim on the bench in the match against Arsenal and started Eric Dier and Matheys Derricht."
"Munich, the defending Bundesliga champion, gave Italian champion Napoli a whopping 50 million euros (about 73.1 billion won) last summer to recruit Kim Min-jae. One thing is clear, however, that Kim Min-jae has not shown good performance to justify the transfer fee in the first season," he said, pointing out that Kim Min-jae was not satisfied with the transfer fee.
"Chaos have arisen for Kim Min-jae's future. It is unclear what will happen to Kim after this season. It is not a problem in Munich to resell Kim Min-jae in just one season," he said, adding that he could be kicked out of Munich a year after he moved from Naples.
After Kim Min-jae was involved in the 2-2 draw with two big mistakes in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinals against Real Madrid on the 1st, his voice of considering his future increased.