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According to news originating from kicker, FC Bayern are after Bayer Leverkusen's young German goalkeeper Fabian Giefer as a replacement for Butt who will retire at the end of the season. Giefer, who is 1.96m tall turns 22 years old this year.

This season, Giefer played only one match for the first team, the first Bundesliga match of the season, a 2-0 loss away to Mainz during which he was concussed, stating he didn’t remember anything from the previous month.

Source: http://www.spox.com/de/sport/fussball/r ... elsea.html

Can't really see someone so young wasting his time sitting behind Neuer...

quaazi wrote:Can't really see someone so young wasting his time sitting behind Neuer...

Well, he is wasting his time behind Leno, so why not at Bayern where he would have the chance to play in some big match?

Leno wasn't bought in for nearly 25 million euros.

He is rubbish. The only game he played against Mainz he gifted Mainz the goal.

quaazi wrote:Can't really see someone so young wasting his time sitting behind Neuer...

Exactly, and I also can't see Bayern moving in for him. He doesn't sound... promising, even for a backup.

Bayern would rather play Sattelmaier or buy someone like Trapp(unlikely),Baumann(if freiburg get relegated), Rensing(also unlikely) over Giefer. Sattelmaier looks the best option.

TBH I've never seen this guy in action, so I will abstain from judging.

How good can a guy who is 3rd choice in LEVERKUSEN be? Think.

Chalant wrote:How good can a guy who is 3rd choice in LEVERKUSEN be? Think.

He has played more than Adler

Can anyone kindly translate what there is written here? There is a quote by his agent Tobias Sander that neither I nor Google Translate can understand well:

http://www.tz-online.de/sport/fc-bayern ... 03851.html

Chalant wrote:How good can a guy who is 3rd choice in LEVERKUSEN be? Think.

Heynckes knows him from his time in Leverkusen, so it is possible that he may have seen promise in him.

MUTU wrote:Can anyone kindly translate what there is written here? There is a quote by his agent Tobias Sander that neither I nor Google Translate can understand well:

http://www.tz-online.de/sport/fc-bayern ... 03851.html

Also the above report mentions that Fortuna Duesseldorf are interested. Furthermore, this report claims that Tottenham Hotspur are also in the running.

MUTU wrote:Can anyone kindly translate what there is written here?

I don't know about the text, but given the direction that ball seems to have the picture translates into one thing: OUCH!

tflags wrote:

MUTU wrote:Can anyone kindly translate what there is written here?

I don't know about the text, but given the direction that ball seems to have the picture translates into one thing: OUCH!

By the look on Giefer's face, he seems to know too...

I don't know how this fits in but Bayern called up their 19 year old giant 6'9 keeper Daniel Muller to training and all the coaches were impressed by him, the reports indicate he may be the third choice for Bayern and he is very talented good enough to compete with Neuer and be the no.2 for 'the time being'!