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TherelegationofBayern

Munich’sreserve teamdown

tothe regionalleagueshas

promptedthe German

championstosend outa number

oftheir youngstersonloan,including

promisingforwardFieteArp,Manuel

Neuer’sunderstudyAlexanderNubel,

defenderLarsMai,NewZealand

playmakerSarpreetSinghand

holdingmidfielderAdrianFein.

Yet thebrightestspotlightwill

probablybeplacedonZirkzee- a

player thatBayernhopewilloneday

replaceRobert Lewandowski- who

hasjoinedVincentKompany’s

Anderlechtfor a year.

TheyoungDutchstrikermade

anexplosivestarttohis Bundesliga

career, comingoffthebenchtohit a

vitallategoalatFreiburg in December

2019 , beforedoingexactlythe same

thingagain threedayslateragainst

Wolfsburg.

Lastseason hisprogressstalled.

A JanuaryloantoParma washalted

byinjury,buttwogoalsin hisfirst two

gamesinBelgiumsuggeststhatthis

movemaholdmoreromise.

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Which versionofArnautovic

willtheSerieA clubsee?The

powerfulstrikerthatledthe

linefor West HamUnited,

scoringsevengoalsinthefirsthalf

ofthe 2 01 8- 19 season,orthe petulant

sulkerthatdemandeda Januarymove

toChina?Theclinicalfinisherthat

sealedAustria’sEuro 2 02 0 victory

overNorthMacedonia, or thehothead

thatcelebratedbyinsultingtheir

Albanian-heritageplayers?

Theanswer, of course,isall of

theabove.

Goneare thedayswherethe

32-year-oldAustriancommanded

eight-figurefees,buthissummer

exploitsproved thathistwoyearsin

Chinahaven’t harmedhisability to

competein Europe.Hisfirst appearance

forBologna– scoringina 5-4Italian

Cupdefeat to Ternana– suggeststhat,

whetherthemoveis successfulor

not,itwillbe explosive.

(BayernMunichtoAnderlecht,loan)

JOSHUA ZIRKZEE

Loanee...

Zirkzeescored

onhisBelgian

leaguedebut

Disciplined...

Arnautovic

wasgivena

one-match ban

forhisoutburst

againstNorth

Macedonia

(ShanghaiPorttoBologna)

MARKOARNAUTOVIC