218 minutes, only one competitive match appearance from the start:
Ryan Gravenberch had definitely imagined his first months at FC Bayern differently!That's why the newcomer from Amsterdam now admitted openly and honestly in an interview with ESPN that he was unhappy with his playing time: "You want to play, but the coach chooses other players. I have to accept that, but it is difficult."In the SPORT1 podcast "Die Bayern-Woche," chief reporter
Kerry Hau reveals in conversation with host
Maureen Luginger what lies behind Gravenberch's frustration - and why the 20-year-old went public with his thoughts.On the one hand, the midfielder is fighting for his World Cup ticket. Bondscoach
Louis van Gaal nominated him a few weeks ago for the Nations League games against Poland and Belgium but then relegated him at short notice to the U21 team in view of his few appearances in Munich. However, the midfielder benefited from the bad luck of three Oranje stars: Teun Koopmeiners, Frenkie de Jong and
Memphis Depay had to leave the training camp, whereupon van Gaal nominated Gravenberch as well as Brian Brobbey on Friday. The Bayern bosses, who according to Hau "not necessarily" expected Marcel Sabitzer to make a breakthrough and were therefore also considering selling the Austrian before the season, had lured Gravenberch to Munich with the argument that he would get plenty of playing time in coach Julian Nagelsmann's team relatively early on and would provide competition for
Leon Goretzka.