The Bayern Munich goal from June 2011 to the present has had a clear owner: Manuel Neuer. However, at 38 years old and with many recent injuries behind him, the time will soon come for someone to take his place in the Bavarian goal.
Right now, Neuer will be away from the playing field until 2025 due to a fracture in his rib, and his place is being filled by Daniel Peretz, a 24-year-old Israeli goalkeeper who arrived last season from Maccabi Tel Aviv. However, Bayern also has the option of Alexander Nübel, who arrived on a free transfer from Schalke in 2020 and who has a contract with the Bavarians until 2029, but who is on loan at Stuttgart until 2026.
Two-season Erasmus in Monaco
Given the lack of minutes that awaited him at Bayern after his arrival in the summer of 2020, he only played five games that season with the Bavarians, he went on loan to Monaco for two years to continue developing his career, always with the aim of returning to the German club. . In his first campaign in France, he played every possible minute in Ligue 1. In Europe, he missed the first leg of the qualifying phase, and coincidentally the Monegasques lost by the minimum against Shakhtar and in the second leg, with the German in the goal, they tied 2-2 and fell to the Europa League, where they started seven of the eight games the French team played.
Nübel in a match with MonacoAS MONACO
Nübel was very important in his second season at Monaco, playing every possible minute in Ligue 1, qualifying for the Champions League and in the UEFA Europa League. He was only a substitute in one game, in the first round of the French Cup where the Monegasques lost in the penalty shootout against Rodez AF. In total, he played 97 games in two seasons in France, establishing himself in goal for the Frenchmen before returning to Germany.
Loan to Stuttgart and renewal with Bayern until 2029
Nübel still had no place at Bayern and was loaned to Stuttgart, the revelation team of last season as they were second in line ahead of the Bavarians and conceding fewer goals than them. Although the goalkeeper renewed his contract until 2029 with ‘Die Roten’, the German increased his loan with ‘Die Schwaben’ until 2026. This season, despite the fact that his team has not had a good start, it is close to European positions in the Bundesliga and with options to enter the round of 32 in the Champions League, being the undisputed starting German goalkeeper, playing a total of 21 games in all competitions.
Statistics Alexander Nubel
German school, called Nagelsmann and possible successor of Manuel Neuer
Like Neuer, Nübel trained as a professional at Schalke, and his playing style is very similar to that of the current Bayern goalkeeper: same height (1.93 m), great ability with his feet, although he often risks making mistakes , good reflexes, quite agile and brave to leave the area. His weak point, like that of the historic German goalkeeper, is blocking, since his interventions often lead to a second play. His best performance this season has been against Bayer Leverkusen, champion of the last Bundesliga, where he made five saves of great merit avoiding the defeat of his team against Xabi Alonso’s men.
The high level shown at Stuttgart has allowed him to make his debut with the senior German team, with whom he has played two games and is already a fixture in Nagelsmann’s squad, also influenced by the resignation of Manuel Neuer last summer and the injury of Ter Stegen at the beginning of the season. Sepp Maier, historic German goalkeeper, highlighted that Nübel would currently have to be the starting goalkeeper of the German team: “As things stand, Nübel is number 1 for me and when Ter Stegen returns there will be a duel between them.”
Nübel is number 1 for me
Sepp Maier
Although his loan at Stuttgart is until 2026, the possibility of returning to Bayern is a reality, since Neuer is now 38 years old and has had several injuries in recent years, the most recent a fractured ribs. Therefore, since his arrival in 2020 to the Bavarian team, today is when Nübel can be closest to finally being the starting goalkeeper of the most prestigious club in Germany.
