In roughly half an hour, the least flashy of the Bavarians' winter transfers began to build his case for inclusion.
But behind that, it’s the 32-year-old veteran Blind who could be equally cementing himself as an important fixture in a squad that will need depth and cover as well as star power. [postgame podcast](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2023/2/2/23582061/mainz-vs-bayern-munich-postgame-podcast-analysis-nagelsmann-joao-cancelo-back-three-muller-choupo)? By the end of the game, he had delivered this peach of a pass: If Nagelsmann persists with something of this back three — Davies, Coman, Cancelo, and Noussair Mazraoui all look candidates at wing-back — then Blind’s future will be at center-back. Listen below or [on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4iHt7msxhTEamr7YN2M9Bd). Blind’s favored left foot offers favorable angles for distribution from these positions, and it doesn’t hurt that his passing range and ability is extremely impressive.
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The fee, said to be between £5-6million, for a 20-year old, is a lot of money but we have seen since he joined how much he has improved already in and out of possession. The British tabloid The Sun now names seven players who are said to be on the hit list at Chelsea. He’s a player that we like and a boy that’s settled in really well at our club. I think he has a great attitude; he is at the right age, and I am sure this opportunity will motivate him greatly and he will perform strongly for us,” Ten Hag said. In this winter transfer window alone, the Blues spent around 330 million euros. The front three grabbed the headlines, however, Malik Tillman put in another display that shows he is learning and getting better with every appearance. The 28-year-old’s technical ability and flair out wide will be sorely missed, but according to The Sun, club chiefs are already lining up a summer bid for his possible heir. You get the season out of the way then you sit down and talk to everybody and try and get it done. Of course, Kovac’s rejuvenated Wolfsburg side was preparing to play Die Eisernen, who pulled out a 2-1 victory over the Wolves in the DFB-Pokal. He performed fantastically, so I expect that he will do the same here. His status as an English top flight regular with international pedigree could make £20m seem like a bargain. But regardless of that, he’s right, of course.
He's Arsenal's midfield maestro now. A Norwegian prodigy, pulling the strings for the Premier League leaders and bringing back the modern number 10.
His fortunes really picked up with the final of those, a spell at [Arsenal FC](https://theshortfuse.sbnation.com) under Pep protégé Mikel Arteta which became permanent. [pronounced more like “oh-de-GORE”](https://forvo.com/word/martin_%C3%B8degaard/)) would remain on a series of loan adventures from [Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com). Thomas Müller has defied time and more than one skeptical manager to remain the irrepressible Raumdeuter, and youngster Jamal Musiala has emerged as the man to take his mantle in attacking midfield. Fjørtoft at the time retorted that Guardiola was not long for Bavaria himself — and that would prove true. A Norwegian prodigy, pulling the strings for the Premier League leaders and bringing back the modern number 10. But once upon a time, Martin Ødegaard was square in