Kahn's replacement is finally here
Now lets get to the players that we have already signed and see what they can offer. The biggest one, the superstar Neuer is obviously going to improve the team drastically. Very expensive for a keeper, but we got arguably the best keeper in the world or second best after Iker The Saint Casillas. In terms of having a complete keeper, this is what you get. World class distribution, something lacking severely, he is a very good passer on the ball. He started many good counters for Schalke last season, once even when Schalke played Bayern to Raul which resulted in a goal. He also is a good organizer of the defense, and is solid at corner when he collects the ball, also things we have missed in our defense. I think you will find few Bayern fans (other than Ultras) that won't see him as the biggest positive contributor to our team of all the signings. However Neuer alone can't make all the difference, and thankfully Bayern and Heynckes have addressed the defense heavily this summer.
The second most expensive signing is Boateng. I won't talk about the City war or words drama, because it was boring but thankfully it made them lower their demands. Signing a player that has hardly played CB as a pro to save us from our central defensive problems was a huge question mark, he has a lot of pressure to perform. So far, I've only seen him play vs Barcelona B team but he looked very assured and composed. One thing that I expected from him is to pass the ball from the back, he is known for his good passing but hopefully that comes with time. Either way it's impossible to judge now, we need to see more of him but he impressed from the little I did watch.
Usami, the future replacement of Robbery?
Another player that impressed during pre-season is Takashi Usami. While he doesn't run as much as he should and gets tired pretty quickly, you can see his class. He knows when to pass, doesn't get troubled when others pressure him and has great ideas even if some of them don't work in the end. He still has a lot of adapting to do, but if he keeps improving and showing his class at this rate.. Bayern may have already found a replacement in a few years for either Ribery or Robben. Very excited about this signing. Petersen was bought for Gomez, as depth as they have similar styles. Played great in Bundesliga II and still needs to adapt to Bayern's way of playing just like Usami, though I don't think he can do any worse than Miro Klose has for Bayern in the past 2 years. Rafinha has looked pretty good so far as well, I'm very interested in seeing how he plays with Robben and how he can handle playing defensively with a player ahead of him who doesn't help much defensively. Hard to judge the players since any of them bar Neuer are likely to turn out great, solid or flop signings. At least Bayern addressed part of the defensive problems. However, I would still like if they bought one more defender to partner Boateng, they still have the money to do so. There is still exactly a month left in the transfer window, hopefully Bayern use it to buy one more class player.
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