When Serge Aurier left Nottingham Forest last year for Galatasaray, it’s unlikely he thought he’d find himself being linked with Bayern Munich 12 months later. Yet, here we are.
Merkur cover the situation today and how an injury crisis at the German giants has led the former Nottingham Forest man to being considered as an option to bolster the squad.
They explain with Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies and Hiroki Ito all joining the likes of Tarek Buchmann, Alexsandar Pavlovic and Kingsley Coman in the treatment room, Bayern find themselves short of options.
That had led to reports they could enter the free agent market to bolster their squad and one of the prominent names in that is Aurier.
He’s currently looking for a new club after being released by Galatasaray at the beginning of January following a short-lived spell with the Turkish club, who he joined from Nottingham Forest in February last year.
He would be seen as an experienced solution after spells with PSG, Tottenham, Villarreal, Nottingham Forest and Galatasaray rather than a long-term option.
The problem is that the rules in Germany will stop it happening even if Bayern explore it further. Clubs in the country are blocked from signing players outside of the two transfer windows, even if they’re available on a free transfer.
That means Aurier can’t arrive at any point, but the fact he’s found himself linked just a year after leaving Nottingham Forest, where he was hardly inspirational, is something in itself.
