Bayern Warn Rangers Over Schweinsteiger
April 9th, 2006 by Alan Hylands
Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath has written off Rangers chances of signing Bayern Munich youngster Bastian Schweinsteiger in the summer and warned the Glasgow giants that Munich are not in the habit of selling their best young players.
Schweinsteiger is apparently unhappy in Munich following some heated arguments with Magath but the German coach feels that a move to Rangers wouldn’t be right for him despite the regard incoming Ibrox boss Paul Le Guen has built up for the 21 year old midfielder.
Bastian Schweinsteiger burst onto the international scene at the 2004 European Championships with several starring displays for Germany but has failed somewhat to live up to the potential shown there since. Maybe a move to a lower standard of football such as the Scottish Premier League would give him the necessary boost for a year or two to get himself back on track although it’s difficult to see how any young player could see moving from Bayern Munich to a Rangers side sitting third in the SPL behind Cletic and Hearts as a positive career move, regardless of their relationship with their coach.
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April 10th, 2006 at 9:21 am
It would indeed be an odd move for a promising young German international. Of all the big-name players who have been at Ibrox in the past twenty years, I can think of just one who has left and went on to greater things - Reno Gattuso. Countless strikers (Negri, Mols, Bo Andersson, even Hately) have made an impact on the SPL, but left for obscurity. Gascoigne and Laudrup (two of the most gifted players of their generations) may have been over the hill/crocked by the time they left, but others such as Dale Gordon and Mark Walters won countless medals with the ‘Gers only to return to England in their prime and struggle (at West Ham and Liverpool respectively).
Scottish football is a deathbed for international quality players, few come out of it with their heads held high, many come out with swollen pockets as the Old Firm (and now Hearts) try to buy their way on to the European Stage!
April 10th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
I think the real test of the strength of the Scottish leagues is when you look at the players who have dominated it for the past decade. The all conquering Celtic side built by Martin O’Neill comprised average Premiership players who weren’t good enough to attract even the second tier of top clubs in England. Neil Lennon, John Hartson, Alan Thompson and Chris Sutton have all found great success north of the border while struggling to stand out in England. Barry Ferguson and Lorenzo Amoruso found the same when they left Rangers and in Ferguson’s case, beat a hasty retreat back north of Hadrian’s Wall.
If I remember correctly, Gattuso wasn’t even a regular starter as a young lad at Rangers and it’s with a great deal of surprise that many Gers fans found him pulling the strings at the top level in the Milan midfield.
I thin Schweinsteiger may find a bit of making up with Felix Magath would be his best career move right now if a move to the SPL is all that is on the table for him.