It will have been arduous to foretell Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting’s stellar efficiency earlier within the season with Bayern Munich. With Robert Lewandowski transferring to Barcelona final summer season and Bayern signing Sadio Mane Liverpool As an oblique substitute, there was trigger for concern as to the place most of Bayern’s objectives got here from. There was no expectation that Mathis Tull can be solid instantly by Julian Nagelsmann, though he did make his influence felt when he was referred to as upon.

Nevertheless, new supervisor Thomas Tuchel continues to be cautious of placing an excessive amount of stress on Thiel at Bayern, particularly when he’s solely 18 years previous. Whereas age is just not the actual problem for Tuchel, he feels it’s unfair to count on a lot from the younger participant at a membership that has not too long ago misplaced a striker who may assure you greater than 30 objectives per season.

“There are some issues, simply not age. Age is comparatively uninteresting. It is a matter of for those who’re doing him a favor by beginning with him and placing him beneath the stress of being the savior. Different, extra skilled gamers are wanted (on this case). There are simpler conditions for a younger man. He is 18. It is not that he all the time scored instantly when he got here in. There needs to be a steady path to the beginning eleven. From latest impressions I am undecided he’ll stroll straight to the beginning eleven. However possibly I am going to change my thoughts on Sunday ( towards Hertha Berlin). Tuchel defined when requested about Tel (trans @tweet).

Even with Choupo-Moting’s latest damage absence, Tal hasn’t been within the beginning line-up for the reason that 2-2 draw with VfB VfB Stuttgart in September, a match during which he scored. There isn’t any scarcity of attacking choices on the membership between Mane, Thomas Muller, Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Kingsley Coman, Choupo-Moting and Tal, however solely the latter two are pure strikers. Add to that the truth that Choupo-Moting’s scoring earlier within the season was extremely sudden, and it is fairly clear that Bayern will probably be available in the market for a striker price at the least €100m this summer season.