Eberl rules out further signings, comments on Tah and Coman rumors
Despite reports that Bayern Munich made a late attempt to sign Jonathan Tah from Bayer Leverkusen, the club will not sign any more players before the German transfer window closes on Friday evening.
This was confirmed by Bayern club's board member for sport, Max Eberl, at a press conference this morning.
"The transfer period is a very intensive phase. We're not going to sign any more players. We are very happy with the roster and want to achieve the maximum success. The coaching staff is bringing an incredible amount of energy. Everything feels very good right now," Eberl said.
Asked why Bayern's move for Tah fell through, Eberl said (via @iMiaSanMia):
"Bayern Munich is a club that has to make decisions. When we're not ready to pay a certain sum, then we won't pay it. Even if the supervisory board had approved it, but if we felt that it wasn't appropriate, then we won't do it. I don't care about what was written. I've always said that as long as there's expenditure, there has to be income.
"Leverkusen gave us a deadline three weeks ago and told us: 'Listen, you have to pay this amount by then.' And I wrote to Simon Rolfes: 'Simon, thank you for the deadline, thank you for the amount you told us. But we can't agree.' And that was the end of the negotiations. That was three and a half weeks ago. And that's the real story behind this transfer Of course, I asked again now, in case we made a sale and had some money available, if we could do it then. A lot of 'ifs'. But no, it’s not going to happen."
However, something could happen in terms of departures. According to reports, youngster Gabriel Vidovic is set to join Mainz on loan, while Kingsley Coman could be heading for the exit door permanently.
Asked about Kingsley Coman and if the Frenchman will be in the squad to face Freiburg on Sunday, Eberl replied:
"He's under contract and will be in the squad if he's still here. There's no big indication that we'll be going into the season with a much-changed squad."