Bayern gets rid of Sacha Boey but controversy erupts
In the past few hours Bayern Munich and Galatasaray have reached an agreement on the temporary transfer with option to buy Sacha Boey, who will thus return to wear the Turkish club’s jersey two years after his move to Germany. However, the French full-back’s transfer has sparked a great deal of controversy among Bayern Munich fans.
The transfer of the French full-back has sparked a great deal of controversy among Bayern Munich fans.
According to many fans, the club has taken a big risk: Vincent Kompany already has a very small squad and the situation regarding right-backs is particularly critical. Due to numerous injuries, Kompany has often had to make do with emergency solutions and several times has been forced to deploy players outside their traditional role.
Bayern Munich will collect about 500’000 euros from Galatasaray and the Turks will pay six months’ salary from the player (saving the Bavarians 1.75 million euros) but the figures, in the opinion of fans, are too low and are not proportionate to the risk of finding himself in an even more complicated situation in the right-back role. “If we had sold him for 15 million euros by hiring, even on loan, a replacement it would have made sense” wrote Michael on X. Kris is also of the same opinion: “For a little more than 2 million euros we risk going into big trouble, it was definitely a bad choice”.
Sacha Boey moved to Germany in the winter of 2024 for 30 million euros but had considerable difficulties acclimating and virtually never adapted to the new country. The performance offered by the French full-back has been inadequate and with Vincent Kompany the situation has further deteriorated: the coach has deployed Boey very few times, preferring him even adapted players in his role.
Bayern Munich’s summer goal is to get rid of Sacha Boey for good: he does not fit into the club’s future plans and Max Eberl is already working to identify his replacement. The first name on the club’s notebook is Feyenoord’s Givairo Read, who has long been in the club’s sights, but Marco Palestra, Michael Kayode and Josh Acheampong are also concrete targets. Watch out for the profile of Trent Alexander-Arnold: Real Madrid is very disappointed with him and could put him on the market, however, it will be necessary to understand the costs of the’operation.
