With the opening of the winter window, the Bundesliga powers are busy. According to the well-known journalist Romano, the Bundesliga midstream team Augsburg is about to sign 18-year-old American talent forward Pepi. It is reported that the transfer cost is as high as 20 million euros. After the report, the Sympathetic Bundesliga fans have ridiculed: Is it Bayern's reinforcement routine again? It's like buying Gnabry back then!
At first glance, this may sound a bit inexplicable. What does augsburg have to do with Bayern, and it also involves Gnabry? The reason is simple, 18-year-old Pepi has only played in major leagues before and has never landed in the big five leagues. Referring to Augsburg's long-standing small business philosophy, it is impossible to spend 20 million euros to "scratch the lottery". Therefore, it is most likely to be a reinforcement for its Bundesliga counterparts. And this naturally reminds fans of the "routine" of Gnabry curve joining Bayern that year.
Due to the difficult opportunity at Arsenal that year, Gnabry decided to go to the Bundesliga to play. After negotiations between the two clubs, he eventually joined Bremen. At that time, many Premier League and Bundesliga fans joked that the transfer span was a bit large, from the Premier League's BIG6 to the Bundesliga relegation team. In this regard, the German authoritative media "Kicker" gave the answer: Bayern paid a transfer fee of 5-6 million euros for Gnabry in this deal, and had the right to take back the player after a year. Sure enough, Bayern officially announced the signing of Gnabry at the end of the season.
In hindsight, Bayern's reinforcement routine was quite successful. Through his training at Bremen, Gnabry gradually adapted to the rhythm of the Bundesliga. Subsequently, after training on loan from Hoffenheim, he became the absolute main force of Bayern. Especially in recent seasons, Gnabry has played more and more well. It is with such a successful precedent that Bundesliga fans have regarded Pepi as Bayern's "dish". After all, there are only a few Bundesliga teams that can pay so much money to scrape the lottery, and other teams have never had similar reinforcements.
Also supporting this is that Peppy has no shortage of champions league giants to pursue. According to his agent and well-known journalist Romano, Liverpool, Wolfsburg and Inter are interested in buying people. Wolfsburg, in particular, has made several offers. Judging from common sense, Pepi can't give up these giants and choose a middle and lower Bundesliga team like Augsburg, right?
To be sure, Bayern is pragmatic in doing so. Neither Gnabry nor Pepi today has a direct foothold in the Bayern team. In particular, the 18-year-old Pepi, not to mention the competition with Levan, is probably not as good as Shubo-Motin. Considering the high attendance of the Polish shenfeng, it is difficult for him to have enough opportunities to play as a third striker. Instead of struggling on the Bayern bench, it would be better to go to Augsburg to practice first.
To put it bluntly, there are very few top geniuses like Mbappe and Messi who can pick up the girder as teenagers, and most young players still have to take it step by step. Otherwise, it is likely to become an injury to Zhongyong. From this point of view, Bayern's approach is quite reliable. Look forward to Pepi being able to get a foothold in Augsburg like Gnabry before returning to Bayern to compete for the main force!