It sounds as if Hoffenheim want some financial compensation if Bischof is to join Bayern for the CWC.
In the summer, Bayern Munich will be participating in the inaugural summer edition of the Club World Cup. The tournament has been met with very mixed reception, but it will give incoming players a chance to immediately prove their mettle at their new clubs. Enter Tom Bischof, who has already agreed a free transfer to Bayern Munich for the summer. The 19-year-old Germany youth international will look to get a chance to prove he can compete with the likes of Joshua Kimmich and Aleksandar Pavlović for a prominent role.
However, there is a problem. Bischof’s contract ends on the 30th of June, as is the nature of most contracts in European football, but the Club World Cup begins in mid June. If Bischof were to simply join in July, he would miss the group stages of the tournament, a very inconvenient situation indeed. Hoffenheim will need to release their youth academy graduate early from his contract, something their sporting director, Andreas Schicker, is willing to do. Still, a “good solution” will need to be found before Bischof can leave Hoffenheim:
“Bayern have already contacted us. We won’t stand in Tom Bischof’s way. If a good solution can be found, he can take part in the Club World Cup,” Schicker tells reporter Dennis Bayer (via @iMiaSanMia). “I’m confident that a solution will be found.”
It sounds for all the world as if Hoffenheim want to receive a financial compensation in order to release Bischof from his contract, even though Hoffenheim will contest no matches during June. Would Bayern be willing to part with money to get Bischof in a few weeks sooner? We will have to see…
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