FC Bayern signed three new signings last January. While Bryan Zaragoza doesn’t play a role and Sasha Boey has been injured for a while, Eric Dier has turned out to be a hit. Coach Thomas Tuchel is very impressed.
The only one of Bayern’s three winter signings who is convincing is Eric Dier. IMAGO/Sportsphoto
Eric Dier was actually signed as an addition at the beginning of January, but there was a certain level of skepticism surrounding this transfer, at least in public. After all, the 30-year-old had hardly played at his old club Tottenham Hotspur recently, and the North Londoners were willing to let their long-standing regular team go. In Munich, Dier should be the urgently needed alternative for the six or central defense.
In important games, the question is no longer whether Dier is playing, but rather who the man next to him is and who is sitting outside instead. Although the matter with the man next to him has actually been clarified, Matthijs de Ligt harmonizes best with Dier. Dayot Upamecano and Min-Jae Kim, on the other hand, have to get used to the role of reservists more often than they would like. “He absolutely exceeded expectations and made the most of his situation,” said Tuchel, praising his protégé at the press conference on Friday before the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt (Saturday, 3:30 p.m., LIVE! on kicker).
Dier’s contract has long since been automatically extended
“He was an extremely important piece of the puzzle for the moment and the situation to date, because he brings something with him through his personality and his ability to organize loudly that we didn’t necessarily have. That gives us a lot of stability because he gives a lot to the men next to him “We are very, very happy with him, he is a top character and a very good player,” said Tuchel, who also emphasized “the great openness, enthusiasm and mood” of the defender from the first moment he accepted his situation.
Dier has played in 15 competitive games for FC Bayern so far, twelve of which were in the Bundesliga with a kicker grade average of 3.18. He really impressed in his three appearances in the Champions League with an average of 2.67. The collaboration, which was initially planned until the end of the season, has long since been automatically extended by one year as a result of these assignments. It looks like Dier will feel at home in Munich. He and de Ligt are also considered seeded against Real Madrid next Tuesday.
2024-04-26 20:42:23
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