German media 'GGFN' predicted on the 17th (Korea time) that "Eric Dyer has a future in Bayern Munich," and that Dyer will soon get his first chance to start the season.
Bayern Munich will play Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) in the first round of the UEFA Champions League in 2024-25 season at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, at 4 a.m. on the 18th.
Starting with the match against Zagreb, Munich will face Aston Villa (England), Barcelona (Spain), SL Benfica (Portugal), PSG (France), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Feyenoord (The Netherlands), and Slovan Bratislava (Slovak).
The newly changed format of the Champions League will consist of 36 teams as a single league through the league phase, with the 1st to 8th ranking directly advancing to the round of 16. The 9th to 24th ranking teams will determine the teams that advance to the round of 16 through the playoffs. The remaining 25th to 36th ranking teams will be eliminated immediately, ending their European competition without going down to the Europa League.
Munich will invite Croatia's prestigious Zagreb home as the first opponent of the UEFA Champions League this season. As it is the first UEFA Champions League match of the season, attention is being paid to which player will play, and Eric Dyer, not Kim Min-jae, has been argued that he can start.
England defender Dyer left Tottenham Hotspur for Munich on a six-month loan in the winter transfer market in January. It was a short-term loan, but the option was activated by playing more than a certain number of games, so Dyer's contract with Munich was extended until June 2025.
When Dyer was recruited, Dyer was expected to be used as a backup defender, but Thomas Tuchel, who was leading Munich at the time, used Dyer and Matheis the Licht as the main center back combination. As Dyer took over the main role, Kim Min-jae, who played as the main player in the first half of last season, went down to the bench.
Dyer and Kim Min-jae changed their positions in just six months. Bangsang Kompany, who took the helm of Munich after Tuchel stepped down, selected Kim Min-jae and Dayo Upamecano as the main center backs. As a result, Dyer spent longer time sitting on the bench.
The media also said, "When Munich hired Dyer on loan from Tottenham in January, there was uncertainty about whether Dyer deserved to compete for the championship in Munich," adding, "But Dyer was one of the least problematic players in the team, and often the most reliable player in Tuchel's defensive line."
"However, after Bangsang Kompany took over as coach of Munich, Dyer has played only one game so far," he said, adding, "Dyer's game was a substitute in the Bundesliga opener against Wolfsburg and played for about nine minutes."
"Under the current circumstances, it is unlikely that Dyer will sign a new contract with Munich. His contract expires next summer," he said. "Nevertheless, Bayern Munich director Christophe Freund said Dyer still has a future."
According to the media, Freund told Bild in Germany that Dyer is training really well and is a perfect professional. "We are very happy to have Dyer. We will still need Dyer." 토토사이트 추천 Based on Freund's interview, the media predicted that Dyer will be able to benefit from the rotation in the upcoming UEFA Champions League, saying, "Because Uphamecano and Kim Min-jae are Kompany's preferred center back duo, Dyer will play in the home game against Zagreb."
Another German media outlet, Bayern Strikes, also mentioned the possibility of Kim Min-jae's selection in anticipation of Munich's starting lineup against Zagreb, and at the same time argued that Dyer may come out in terms of Kim Min-jae's physical fitness management.
"Kim Min-jae will hope to keep his place in the team," the media said. "But as the game approaches fiercely and quickly, Kompany may decide to give Eric Dier a chance to enter the starting 11 against Zagreb."
The reason Munich is tinkering with the dyer card is that the opponent is Zagreb. Croatia is a European soccer powerhouse who finished second in the 2018 Russia World Cup and third in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, but it is true that the league still has a gap with the Bundesliga. For Munich, two more Bundesliga matches may be important after the match against Zagreb, including an away game against Werder Bremen on the 21st and a home game against defending champion Bayer Leverkusen on the 29th.
