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FC Bayern has crowned its perfect season with the World Cup.
With the sixth title they drove it to perfection, more would not have been possible.
Nevertheless, coach Hansi Flick sees a need for action in order to maintain the high level.
The end in the second round of the cup and already 26 goals conceded after 20 game day show that Bayern need reinforcements, especially on the defensive.
And get them too.
Munich have signed Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig and outperformed Liverpool and Chelsea in the battle for the central defender.
The Frenchman is moving to Bayern next summer and has signed a five-year contract until 2026.
This was confirmed by Bavaria's sports director Hasan Salihamidzic of "Bild".
From the coming season they will be teammates - Bayern’s Thomas Müller (left) and Upamecano
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“We're very happy about that at FC Bayern.
We had very good, intensive and professional discussions with Dayot and his advisor Volker Struth for many months.
We knew we had very tough competition.
Upamecano is a young player, 22, whose qualities are already extraordinarily developed, ”said Salihamidzic to“ Bild ”.
Bavaria pays 42.5 million euros for Upamecano
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Bayern pay the contractually agreed release clause of 42.5 million euros for the 22-year-old.
“I was always convinced that we had a good concept.
We presented him with our vision of his career at FC Bayern, ”said Salihamidzic.
During the past week, he spoke again with everyone involved: "At the end of a long process, the players, family and management were convinced that FC Bayern was the right partner."
Upamecano moved from Salzburg to Leipzig in 2017 and immediately became a regular player at RB.
The brawny defender (1.86 meters / 90 kilos) is the central defender of the Saxons.
Upamecano, whose contract with RB would have run until 2023, has played 102 Bundesliga games and 18 Champions League games for Leipzig.
In his 139 competitive games for Leipzig, the headed defender saw no red card.