Final summer time, Thomas Tuchel made it abundantly clear that Bayern Munich had been in determined want of a quantity six.

Regardless of making an attempt to lure João Palhinha away from Fulham on switch deadline in 2023, Der Rekordmeister missed out on the Portuguese worldwide, leaving Tuchel considerably pissed off.

Nonetheless, twelve months later, Bayern landed Palhinha’s signature for a profitable payment of €50 million, regardless of the very fact that they had parted methods with Tuchel months earlier.

With Vincent Kompany now within the dugout on the Allianz Enviornment, it seems as if the Bayern board signed Palhinha for the mistaken head coach.

Since arriving in Bavaria, the 29-year-old has began one recreation for the report champions—away to Holstein Kiel—whereas concurrently struggling to search out minutes coming off the bench.

On Saturday night, Palhinha was as soon as once more an unused substitute in opposition to Bayer Leverkusen as Aleksandar Pavlović stole the present alongside Joshua Kimmich within the coronary heart of Bayern’s midfield.

Securing some extent for Kompany’s aspect with an amazing strike, the 20-year-old is proving that Der Rekordmeister didn’t must signal Palhinha and, subsequently, have wasted €50 million.

Regardless, the previous Fulham midfielder will undoubtedly obtain extra minutes this season as Bayern’s schedule will increase courtesy of their Champions League marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, there are query marks surrounding whether or not they might have discovered a less expensive different to the Portuguese worldwide if he’s simply going to grow to be an integral a part of Kompany’s plans. 

GGFN | Will Shopland