Bayern plans to abandon the aging stars after the release of Europe

Berlin – Bayern Munich are back at the top of the Bundesliga, but club bosses are considering
clean up their aging team whose shortcomings were brutally exposed by
Liverpool in the Champions League.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds dropped Bayern off Europe on Wednesday with a
deserved victory 3-1 for the second leg and a cumulative loss against Bayern (16)
by the same margin, at the Allianz Arena.

"Bayern urgently needs radical change to be able to challenge titles again"
The German daily Bild said: the lost formation against Liverpool had a
average age of 30 years.

German experts have agreed with former Bayern coach Louis van Gaal who has
Last year, club leaders had "failed to renew their workforce".

Bayern did not get an answer as Sadio Mane took advantage of an error
32-year-old German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer marks the start of the match
almost impossible angle before Liverpool defender Joel Matip marks his own
goal to put the hosts level.

Virgil van Dijk killed Bayern's hopes with a header in front of Mane
again violated the late defense of a chip from Mohamed Salah, leaving
Bayern coach Niko Kovac acknowledged that his team deserved to lose.

Robert Lewandowski, 30, top scorer in the Bundesliga in 2018/19,
failed to score for the seventh consecutive game in the round of 16
from Europe, complained that Bayern was "too defensive".

For the first time since 2011, the Bavarian giants failed to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

As Kovac acknowledges, the German Cup and the Bundesliga – at home against midfielder Mainz – are at the center of their concerns.

Future objectives

In any case, the cleaning is imminent, the fins Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, both 35 years old, as well as the Brazilian rear-end Rafinha, 33, are at the end of the contract.

"It is therefore normal for Bayern to attack again with Hernandez, Pavard, Hudson-Odoi and Werner," Bild continued, adding the players Bayern would need.

French defender Benjamin Pavard, 22, winner of the World Cup, has already signed to join Bayern from Stuttgart next season.

Bayern reportedly made three offers for 18-year-old Chelsea striker Callum Hudson-Odoi and is determined to advance England's under-19s.

Another potential target, Lucas Hernandez of Atletico Madrid, would be alongside the imposing Niklas Suele in the center of the back, which means a pair of 23-year-olds replacing Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng, both 30 years old.

"Hummels and Boateng are likely to get hurt, but Lucas being a lot younger, this transfer would make a lot of sense," said former Matt and former midfield player and Sky player Lotfield Matthaeus.

Timo Werner, 23, signed a contract with RB Leipzig until 2020, but the extension talks are at a standstill and the German striker is expected to be on the verge of joining Munich as Lewandowski's replacement.

Last month, President Karl-Heinz Rummenigge introduced the team next season.

"We have already completed the first stage of the upheaval, the second will surely come this summer," said the boss of Bayern.

"We have (Joshua) Kimmich on the right, (David) Alaba on the left and Suele in the middle of the defense.

"In the midfield, (Leon) Goretzka has developed well with (Kingsley) Coman and Serge Gnabry on the wings," he added.

Alphonso Davies, an 18-year-old Canadian winger, is another option. It was acquired last July as part of a $ 13 million deal with the Vancouver Whitecaps of the MLS.

However, young talent must quickly make their way to Bayern, where standards are high.

"We have no patience in the club and our fans have three times less, this club wants to succeed," said Rummenigge.

"The expectations are huge and we want justice done."

Dortmund, who will face Hertha Berlin on Saturday outside without midfielder Axel Witsel, is tied with Bayern with 57 points and is late in the title race only on goal difference.

Dortmund, of Lucien Favre, will face a showdown at the Allianz Arena on April 6, but for Bayern, a seventh consecutive Bundesliga title would be a consolation prize after his fall in Europe.

fixtures (Hourly 3:30 pm, unless otherwise indicated)

Friday

Borussia Moenchengladbach v Freiburg (21:30)

Saturday

Schalke / RB Leipzig, VfB Stuttgart / Hoffenheim, Augsburg / Hannover 96, Wolfsburg / Fortuna Dusseldorf, Hertha Berlin / Borussia Dortmund (19:30)

Sunday

Bayer Leverkusen v Werder Bremen (2.30 pm), Eintracht Frankfurt v Nuremberg, Bayern Munich v Mainz (7.00 pm)