Remember the name, Mathys Tel, because he is about to become one of the biggest stories in the last days of the January transfer window.
As the deadline from Monday 11 p.m. approaches, even the largest clubs of the Premier League to reinforcements are correct. There is a common them under a certain trio – Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea – they all want a striker.
Whether it is Rasmus Hojlund or Joshua Zirkzee that leads the line, United cannot let their current center score. Arsenal does not even have a recognized striker in the team, so Kai Havertz forced the goals for goals. And Chelsea continues to exist with the frustrating Nicolas Jackson.
That is all their attention on Tel, who wants to leave Bayern Munich between Now and Deadline Day in search of more regular minutes. Tottenham has stolen a march by agreeing a stunning £ 50 million deal with Bayern in the midst of striker Dominic Solanke's constant absence due to injury, but the movement of Spurs still depends on the decision of the 19-year-old.
So, who is Mathys Tel? Mirror Football takes a look.
Born in Sarcelles, a municipality in the north of Paris, the undisputed Broeinest of the contemporary football talent, you could disappoint how talented he was from a young age (first and foremost the way out). After the ranks arrived in Paris FC, Tel joined Rennes in 2020 and was productive in the Academy of the Ligue 1 Side.
That led him to made his professional debut when he was only 16 years and 110 days old in August 2021. TEL Rennes' young senior debutant ever, a record of the current Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga.
A year later, Bayern shot £ 23.8 million to sign him in the midst of comparisons with French icons Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe. Different club, the same story. In one of his first performances, 17-year-old Tel became the youngest goal scorer in the illustrious history of Bayern.
The striker ended his first campaign in Bavaria with six goals in 28 performances, so that the emptiness was filled by Robert Lewandowski. But then Harry Kane came. Despite 10 goals – including one against United – and six assists in 41 performances last season, Tel (understandably) was forced to play the second violin for the captain of England and was reportedly frustrated under Thomas Tuchel.
During the middle part of the season, when Bayern's Bundesliga title defense collapsed and Tuchel corresponded to leave at the end of the campaign, Tel was criticized by his manager. “He is no longer as aggressive as he comes. He no longer has the absolute wild urge to go for the goal,” Tuchel claimed and admitted that it was “normal” for the younger to store.
But under Vincent Kompany this term has struggled even more and remains a regular replacement. The Frenchman, who does not remain at senior level, despite productive for the French youth teams, has not succeeded in scoring a single goal in 14 games, but received a rare start in the Champions League collision with Slovan Bratislava .
Unfortunately he was addicted after the hour. A minute after his replacement, Bayern scored their second goal by Kane.
Tel's replacement, Kingsley Coman, also came on the score sheet. Full -time the teenager was seen to say goodbye to the fans of Bayern, with his stint of two and a half years to end.
Kompany said in his press conference after the game when he was asked about the future of the Tel: “I don't have anything to say about it at the moment. Mathys is our player. We have close contact with him and his agents. [Bayern chiefs] Christoph [Freund] or Max [Eberl] Can say more about what will happen in the coming hours or days. “
Asked if his decision to start was purely to football reasons, Kompany added: “I had no intertended on starting Mathys today. As long as he is a Bayern player, the only thing that counts for me is how he performed in Training and in games.
Bayern director of Sport Eberl, however, later said to the media: “We spoke in December and Mathys said he wanted to settle himself. Now he said he wants to leave. We have to think if we will do it and what we will do.
“He said that the playing time was not enough for him and that is understandable. Nevertheless, we would have wanted to continue fighting him. There is no bad blood. I can understand him. I have rarely had so many clubs that a player has previously had me.”
The situation of Tel seems to be moving quickly, but everything can happen until the eleventh hour of a transfer window. Whether he gets his desired move or not, his talent means that he must be one to watch anyway.
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