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Bayern Munich has spent a total of 35 million euros on the winter signings Sacha Boey (Galatasaray), Eric Dier (Tottenham) and Bryan Zaragoza (Granada), but, according to The Athletic, this amount could have increased significantly.
considerable to materialize an operation that the Bavarians had planned from the moment the transfer window opened at the beginning of January. This is the culé central defender Ronald Araújo who, finally, did not end up landing at the Allianz Arena due to the veto of Xavi Hernández.
Always according to the British media, the Uruguayan defender was the main objective of the six-time European champion for this winter and, at the same time, he had the footballer’s yes. What’s more: the supervisory board of the current Bundesliga champion had given the green light to an offer of 80 million euros for Araújo, but it was then that the Blaugrana coach appeared on the scene to stop the operation, making it clear to its leaders that he would step back as a coach if the player ended up being transferred.
Regardless of whether Araújo remained in Barcelona, Xavi ended up announcing the end of his time at the Camp Nou recently, but that no longer caused the Munich team to return to the bidding for the defender given that they had already signed a much cheaper replacement in Eric Dier.
The versatile Tottenham defender arrived in the Bavarian capital on loan and with the option of one more year in an operation that does not include a transfer payment, but exclusively for objectives that will not exceed 4 million euros in total.
Source: AS
