“Saturday in Munich will be a really important match. I expect a great show between Bayern and Stuttgart and I predict a 3-3 draw. After three games without a win, the match against VfB will show the way for Bayern, and not just for the result”. As Thomas Strunzthe historic former Bayern Munich midfielder, spoke about Kompany’s team in an interview published today.
The former footballer of the German champion club a Kickers also wanted to have his say on one of the most talked about topics in Bavaria, namely the present and future of the Portuguese international Palhinha, who is struggling to find space in Germany despite the Bavarian club’s huge investment to bring him to the Bundesliga: “Beyond of Fulham, his name was known to few experts, and when I saw him play for Portugal at the European Championship, I asked myself whether it was worth spending 50 or 60 million euros on him.”
Despite the high transfer fee, Strunz sees no reason to separate the Joshua Kimmich/Aleksandar Pavlovic duo: “Kimmich is a stable starter in the center again, he’s doing very well there, and Pavlovic is one of the greatest talents I’ve ever seen , already incredibly self-confident, at least at the moment, I don’t see any room.”