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Why is Bayern Munich exploring loan options in transfer market?

By Joshua Bishop

Bayern Munich's players, including Polish forward Robert Lewandowski (2ndR) and Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (R) celebrate their opening goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich in Berlin, on January 19, 2020. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)
Bayern Munich's players, including Polish forward Robert Lewandowski (2ndR) and Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (R) celebrate their opening goal during the German first division Bundesliga football match Hertha Berlin v Bayern Munich in Berlin, on January 19, 2020. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Bayern Munich continues to explore the loan market to solve key problems in the first-team squad.

Bayern Munich has recently brought in a defender on another loan deal to reinforce the squad. This increases the number of players on loan to three, which begs the question – why is a team like Bayern Munich bringing so many players on loan?

Recently, Bayern Munich has made some progress in adding to the roster for the second half of the season. Bringing in Alvaro Odriozola on loan from Real Madrid is a move that will allow Joshua Kimmich to permanently move to the midfield, and Benjamin Pavard to move to his preferred position of center back. Looking at his stats for the season, it is clear that he hasn’t been getting game time for Madrid, and needs more minutes. Bayern needs a right-back, so on paper, this is a great transfer that could prove hugely beneficial for Bayern’s goals in the spring.

This was the same idea back in the summer of 2019 when towards the end of the transfer window, Bayern brought in two other players on loan: Philippe Coutinho and Ivan Perisic. Both players were brought in to provide either quality depth or star attacking potential and contribute to the team. And frankly, they’ve done that very well. You can argue whether or not Coutinho has lived up to his potential, but he has contributed to the team, hasn’t gotten injured yet (which is a positive in our situation), and plays hard for the team every outing.

Another name to throw into the conversation here is James Rodriguez, who was on loan from Real Madrid for two years. The Colombian was also brought in to bolster the attack. Ever since the summer of 2017, when Bayern brought in James Rodriguez on loan from Real Madrid, there has been a pattern of bringing players in on cheap, short loan deals with options to buy.

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The short answer to why this is happening is that prices for this caliber of players are astronomical, and realistically, Bayern can’t keep up with the likes of PSG, Manchester City, and Real Madrid in spending. Along with inflated fees, I feel Renato Sanches is another reason why Die Roten look for loan deals.

Yes, Renato Sanches. When Bayern purchased the youngster from Benfica in the summer of 2016, he was lauded as the future of Bayern’s midfield. I won’t go into the details of his heavily documented time in Munich, but his failed time here sent a message, whether good or bad, to the Bayern hierarchy. The message was that the market was changing, and Die Roten needed to be more particular and careful about the players they are bringing in. Now it’s always good business to be careful about spending millions and millions of euros, but Bayern is taking that to the extreme.

We saw that last summer, Bayern needed to add a couple attacking players after securing the defensive signatures of Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez. Bayern went all-in on Leroy Sane without giving much anyone else thought.

Another couple of names that were hotly debated were Timo Werner and Kai Havertz. Timo Werner is currently in a race for top scorer with our own Robert Lewandowski. He is a talented forward, but Bayern isn’t sold on him, so they didn’t buy him, even though he could have come at a cheap price. I believe he easily could get game time, either filling in on the wings or giving Lewandowksi rest. Havertz is a talented player, but still very young. He decided to stay at Bayer Leverkusen last summer to get more experience by playing consistent first-team football. Bayern is reportedly eager to spend big money on the attacking midfielder in summer.

They didn’t rush this transfer to just bring in the next young player and didn’t bring in Werner just to add another attacker. They know what they want and are patient enough to wait to get exactly what they want. This can be incredibly frustrating but is also very rewarding when those transfers play and play well. Take recent first-team transfers like Alphonso Davies, Benjamin Pavard, and Lucas Hernandez. All three players, when healthy, have been great contributors and have shown their qualities.

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Bayern won’t just buy talented young players for the sake of it anymore. Every transfer will be carefully planned and executed. If they can’t get their guy in right away, they’ll find a short term solution until they get the exact player they want. Because of the insanely inflated transfer fees, this is the Bayern way now and as fans, we have to get used to it. With the right coach, and the roster full of talented players, Bayern can have a lot of success in the future.