FC Bayern still has Givairo Read on its radar. A new attempt is possible—but it apparently hinges closely on Sacha Boey’s future.
FC Bayern apparently continues to be interested in Givairo Read. The 20-year-old right back from Feyenoord Rotterdam has been on Munich’s radar several times already—and could become a topic of discussion again this winter.
As BILD soccer editor Christian Falk reports, the German record champions refrained from making a move last summer primarily because they couldn’t find a buyer for Sacha Boey. The Frenchman now plays hardly any role in the club’s sporting plans.
Should a solution for Boey emerge this winter, Bayern could therefore become active again in pursuing Read. Club officials are reportedly still convinced of the Dutch U-21 international’s qualities.
However, Boey’s situation currently poses a problem: he isn’t getting any playing time under coach Vincent Kompany. That doesn’t make it any easier to find a new club for him.
The Read deal was already well advanced
Read had been a concrete topic of discussion in Munich much earlier. Former Feyenoord CEO Dennis te Kloese revealed to De Telegraaf this summer: “I actively worked to secure a transfer of Read to Bayern Munich last year before the winter break.”
A transfer fee of around 25 million euros was on the table at the time. The plan had been to finalize the transfer early and then let Read play in Rotterdam for another half a year.
“To finalize a transfer, let Givairo play another half-year at Feyenoord, and have him move in the summer. But then Givairo got injured twice. That threw a wrench in our plans,” te Kloese explained.
The right back first suffered a thigh injury and, after a brief comeback, was sidelined again for months. Without these setbacks, the move would apparently have been very realistic: “We probably would have reached an agreement with Bayern, because the negotiations were already very concrete.”
In the meantime, Read has made an impressive return. In six league games, he’s already racked up five assists, once again drawing attention to himself.
Read himself had already hinted that he considers a transfer a possibility in principle. “It’s no longer a secret that clubs are keeping an eye on me and that a transfer could be on the horizon this summer. I don’t want to keep that a secret either.”
A transfer to Nottingham Forest recently fell through due to the transfer fee. Feyenoord is said to have rejected an offer of 22 million euros. Bayern Munich is therefore likely to continue to closely monitor the situation—provided a solution for Boey can be found first.