Confidence in Jonas Urbig continues to grow at FC Bayern. Internally, the assessment of the 23-year-old is now remarkably positive.
Jonas Urbig is set to succeed Manuel Neuer at FC Bayern next summer. Club officials are already moving forward with this plan and intend to specifically prepare the 23-year-old for the role of new number one this season.
As Sport BILD reports, confidence in Urbig within the club is exceptionally high. The Munich club apparently no longer compares the former Cologne player merely to other young goalkeepers or potential Bundesliga candidates.
Rather, their sights are now set on the highest international level.
According to the magazine, Bayern currently sees no goalkeeper—even among Europe’s top goalkeepers—who, in their view, would be an absolute guarantee to handle the job at FC Bayern better than Urbig.
That’s a remarkable assessment—especially since, in recent months, various goalkeepers have repeatedly been discussed in Munich as possible options for the post-Neuer era.
Bayern prefers to focus on Urbig’s development
The club officials’ stance also explains why the club intends to consistently continue on the path it has chosen with Urbig. Instead of committing to an expensive top international transfer prematurely, the national team goalkeeper is to be further developed.
From Bayern’s perspective, Urbig has so far repaid this trust with strong performances. The 23-year-old already plays with composure and confidence. He consistently impresses with strong saves and quick reflexes.
Statistically speaking, Urbig no longer has anything to hide. According to the report, he saves 69 percent of the shots on his goal. Neuer has been at 65 percent since the summer of 2025.
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Added to this is Urbig’s development on the international stage. In his first two international matches for Germany against Serbia and Greece, he kept a clean sheet in both games. For FC Bayern, he has started four times this season and has played a total of 36 competitive matches for the Munich club.
Internally, there therefore seems to be a growing conviction that Urbig isn’t just someone who might one day reach the level required to be Bayern’s number one, but that he is already closer to Europe’s elite than many assume.
The fact that the club intends to give him more and more important matches this season aligns with this assessment. The plan is clear: Urbig is not only supposed to gain experience until Neuer potentially retires, but also to demonstrate, step by step, that Bayern won’t need a spectacular goalkeeper transfer for the time after that.