FC Bayern Forum

Garrincha the difference between signing world class players is that Ribery is not exactly the coach and what he wants might not be whats ideal for Bayern. For all we know he is probably pushing for unreachable french targets like Benzema or Gourcouff similar to Torres pushing for Silva. I personally feel Gourcouff would be a very nice fit for us but do we really need him with Kroos coming back?

I mean even if we do sign a very good LB / CB, Ribery might not particularly favor the guy and thus this might not stop him from leaving. We simply can't be like What Ribery Wants -> Bayern does...We made a ton of signings in the summer and I believe it was LVG's conscious decision to not sign anyone in the winter because he prefers working with a small squad. Ribery needs to open his eyes a bit more and notice the type of football Bayern is playing and the short term potential they have to succeed. Unfortunately, success does not happen overnight by spending a bucketload of money which Bayern/LVG are aware off and Real Madrid always learns that the hard way every time under Perez.

Bayerns belief in success comes from stability and long term development. Which is why we were successful under Hitzfield, which is why our 1999 CL team which made it to the final and lost, the almost identical team made it to the final in 2001 and won. Stability, chemistry is the key to success. Similarly, during Bayerns MOST Dominant era in the 70's -> Maier, Beckenbauer, Muller and many other greats most of whom had grown playing football together and quite a few of them came through the youth system. LVG is doing exactly that. Bayern has an amazing youth system and maybe the players are not 'world-renowned' but they EASILY have the potential to be 'world-class'. Just ask any of the other countries u19, u17, u16, u21 nation teams and they will tell you that. Walcott? Walcott and many other English NT players were made to look like fools vs Kroos & the rest in the 4-0 thrashing in the last youth tournament final.

LVG will bring in a few players in the summer and Bayern has the potential to achieve something solid this year both domestically and in CL. I am not a big fan of Demi either but one has to remind ourselves that not too long ago he was a REALLY REALLY solid CB. He just seems to have lost his motivation to play 110% after Sosa and Lucio leaving. If LVG can fuel that fire within him again there is a CHANCE he can come back to his old self.

These are my qualms with Ribery, I do not want him to persuade LVG/Board to sign WORLDCLASS players that might be around for 1 or 2 seasons and in doing so hinder the development of our youth products. That is a sacrifice I am not willing to make if that's the sacrifice for Ribery staying then its just not worth it in my humble opinion. Bayern have had more success with homegrown talent than anyone from abroad, I mean yes we have had some great foreign world class players but the core of the success has always come from home. We seemed to have strayed from that path recently. However, Nerlinger and LVG are taking us back towards the light.