As we learn more about Florian Wirtz’s rejection of Bayern Munich, we are finding out that the conversation between Wirtz and head coach Vincent Kompany really could have been one of the big issues in the pursuit — at least according to Süddeutsche Zeitung (via @iMiaSanMia):
At FC Bayern, they believe that Florian Wirtz rejected the move to Munich because he feared being involved in a ‘positional tussle’ with Jamal Musiala. The coaching staff would have had to resort to ‘some trickery’, essentially inventing a new position for Wirtz, they say. Either he would have played behind the striker, and Musiala would have been moved to a left wing position. Or the coaching staff could have built an axis of creative…