Christoph Freund and João Palhinha at odds on future at Bayern Munich

It is no secret that Bayern Munich has a laundry list of players they are trying to sell. Bryan Zaragoza, Sacha Boey, and João Palhinha have all been deemed surplus to requirements, but Bayern have not been able to find any concrete suitors for their unwanted trio.

João Palhinha and Sacha Boey both saw significant game time amongst a host of Bayern teenagers in Die Rekordmeister’s 2-1 preseason opening loss to Wehen Wiesbaden.

One could interpret the duo’s inclusion in two ways. The, extremely unlikely case: Vincent Kompany has a plan to utilize the duo in the upcoming season and was eager to get them up to speed as soon as possible. Then, the far more likely scenario: Bayern has no intention of using Boey or Palhinha, but want to give them an opportunity to show their value on the pitch to garner interest from other clubs in the transfer market.

Well, hold your laughter, but there’s a chance Palhinha might actually believe Kompany has planned a role for the Portuguese midfielder.

After the game, Maximilian Koch (via @iMiaSanMia) questioned Bayern sporting director Christoph Freund and Palhinha about the 31-year-old’s future at the club — the answers couldn’t have been further apart.

Christoph Freund said after the game that João Palhinha and Sacha Boey are aware that the club is no longer planning with them

A few minutes later, Palhinha was asked about his future and said: “The plan is to keep my position here”

Awkward. One of Freund and Palhinha is being direct, and the other is either completely out of the loop, playing the media, or giving a PR to bat the question away. As for which idea, you choose to subscribe to — well, that ball is firmly in your court.

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