Bayern Munich have signed defender Jonathan Tah on a free switch from Bayer Leverkusen.
The centre-back has joined on a deal till June 2029, bolstering Bayern’s choices in the course of defence following the departure of Eric Dier to Monaco.
Kim Min-jae struggled with an Achilles damage in direction of the top of this season, whereas Dayot Upamecano additionally had points with health at a number of factors within the 2024-25 marketing campaign.
With hypothesis Bayern might look to maneuver on from Kim, Tah offers Bayern an skilled and dependable presence at centre-back. Tah has missed simply 5 Bundesliga video games within the final 4 seasons.
A member of the Leverkusen facet who went unbeaten throughout the whole thing of the 2023-24 Bundesliga season en path to a double that additionally noticed them win the DFB-Pokal, Tah is relishing the possibility so as to add extra titles with German soccer’s dominant drive.
“I’m very comfortable to be at FC Bayern,” Tah informed the membership’s official web site.
“I need to tackle accountability right here and work exhausting on daily basis in order that we’re profitable as a crew and win numerous trophies collectively.”
𝗔 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀. 🔥#ServusJona pic.twitter.com/kDKe4SYkJR
— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) Might 29, 2025
Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dressen pointed to Tah’s dependability as a key issue behind the transfer.
“We’re delighted to welcome Jonathan Tah to FC Bayern,” Dressen stated. “As an skilled worldwide and chief, he brings the consistency and high quality that can strengthen our defence.
“He’s an actual acquire for us – and he’s additionally confirmed that he can win titles.”
Sporting director Christoph Freund echoed these sentiments, including: “In Jonathan Tah we’ve acquired a participant with worldwide expertise and high quality, who gained’t want a lot time to determine himself in our defence.
“He’ll be a very good and necessary addition for us along with his technical qualities in addition to his method and the way in which he leads.”
Barcelona, Actual Madrid and Manchester United had all been credited with an curiosity in Tah, who will as an alternative now journey with Bayern for the inaugural version of the expanded 32-team Membership World Cup.
Tah might make his debut towards Auckland Metropolis on June 15.
“It’s no secret that we’ve had Jonathan Tah on our radar for a very long time,” board member for sport Max Eberl stated.
“We respect his high quality: he’s a personality who takes on accountability. Jonathan had quite a lot of provides however selected FC Bayern, which pleases us very a lot.”
