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Five positions Bayern Munich should address in winter market

By Kiran Thakare

MUNICH, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: (BILD ZEITUNG OUT) Serge Gnabry of FC Bayern Muenchen celebrates after scoring his team's second goal with team mates 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) Serge Gnabry of FC Bayern Muenchen celebrates after scoring his team's second goal with team mates 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) /
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21 December 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Football: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg, 17th matchday in the Allianz Arena. Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern Munich reacts after a missed goalscoring opportunity. Photo: Matthias Balk/DPA – IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images)
21 December 2019, Bavaria, Munich: Football: Bundesliga, Bayern Munich – VfL Wolfsburg, 17th matchday in the Allianz Arena. Robert Lewandowski of FC Bayern Munich reacts after a missed goalscoring opportunity. Photo: Matthias Balk/DPA – IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images) /

Striker

Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has admitted that the club will not sign a striker anytime soon. He insisted that Serge Gnabry and Thomas Muller can fill in for Robert Lewandowski whenever needed.
Despite these valid arguments, Die Roten should look to add a young striker in January. Lewandowski is confident that he will play at the top level for at least four more seasons. To get the best out of him for a longer time, it is necessary to manage his workload from now. Moreover, Gnabry and Muller also have other important roles to play in the starting XI.

Signing a young striker will mean that Bayern will not do the same mistake that they did with Robben and Ribery. They took too long to start searching for their replacements. Gnabry has done well, but he needs to go a couple of levels up to fill the void left by the veteran wingers. Apart from him, Bayern has no wingers that consistently come up with goods.

A similar situation should be avoided in the striker’s department. A good deputy for Lewandowski will also give the manager much more tactical flexibility. This transfer will also add more goals to the squad, making it a win-win situation for everybody.

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These are the four positions; I think Bayern should look to improve in January. Which position do you want Die Roten to improve this month?