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Five Christmas wishes for Bayern Munich

By Kiran Thakare

04 May 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Soccer: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich - Hannover 96, 32nd matchday in the Allianz Arena. Munich's fans wave flags. Photo: Angelika Warmuth/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the requirements of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga or the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or the match in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo sequences. (Photo by Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images)
04 May 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Soccer: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich - Hannover 96, 32nd matchday in the Allianz Arena. Munich's fans wave flags. Photo: Angelika Warmuth/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the requirements of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga or the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to use or have used photographs taken in the stadium and/or the match in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo sequences. (Photo by Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images) /
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MUNICH, GERMANY – DECEMBER 21: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Joshua Zirkzee of FC Bayern Muenchen is celebrating his first goal during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Muenchen and VfL Wolfsburg at Allianz Arena on December 21, 2019, in Munich, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY – DECEMBER 21: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Joshua Zirkzee of FC Bayern Muenchen is celebrating his first goal during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Muenchen and VfL Wolfsburg at Allianz Arena on December 21, 2019, in Munich, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

More success for academy graduates

Joshua Zirkzee has given joy to Bayern Munich fans in the past seven days. The Dutch winger came off the bench against Freiburg and Wolfsburg to score the winner. These wins were even more satisfying since a youth academy player had a big role to play in it.

Bayern has struggled to blood young players from the academy in the first team during the second half of this decade. Fans will hope that Zirkzee’s performances can act as a springboard for other young players to come through and establish themselves in the first team.

Obviously, every youth academy graduate is not going to make it at Bayern. However, there are some very promising talents in the current reserves squad that deserve chances to prove themselves at the top level. A proper plan needs to be drawn by the club to give young players a decent amount of game time in the first team every season.

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Sarpreet Singh and Leon Dajaku also got their first-team debuts under Flick, so Die Roten fans will be wishing that there are more success stories for youth players in the first team next year. There is no bigger sense of pride for a fan when a young player from the academy goes on to become a star for the first team.