At simply 17, Lennart Karl has already made his breakthrough with Bayern Munich’s senior crew, that includes 13 instances this season with two objectives and an help to his identify.
Karl joined the Bayern campus in the summertime of 2022 at simply 14 years previous – formally on a free switch. However, Sport Bild stories that the Bavarians supplied a five-figure sum for the teen.
Advertisement
According to the report, Bayern paid €35,000, cut up between Karl’s former youth golf equipment Eintracht Frankfurt and Viktoria Aschaffenburg, as then-sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic needed to make sure the deal brought about “no hard feelings.”
It’s protected to say the funding has paid off. Karl’s market worth has skyrocketed to €20 million on Transfermarkt.de, and all indicators recommend that is just the start for the extremely rated teenager.
“Lennart is a really good footballer with great confidence and special abilities in the final third. He has made big strides,” mentioned sporting director Christoph Freund.
“He has tremendous self-belief. He understands the game well, but it’s not always easy to handle so much hype.”
Advertisement
Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl believes Karl is dealing with the rising consideration impressively.
“When Vinni (coach Vincent Kompany) feels the young players need to be slightly reined in, he does that. But Lennart’s development is exactly what we hoped for,” Eberl mentioned.
“You don’t have to steer this guy too much. He knows what he can do, and he shows it on the pitch. The rest is just guidance, which happens in the dressing room.”
Asked if Karl may make Germany’s squad for the World Cup subsequent yr, Eberl responded:
“If Lennart plays at this level for a year at Bayern and there’s a spot in the squad, why not?”