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Suzuki Zaion, the Japanese national team's sluice gatekeeper, has emerged as a candidate for the transfer to Bayern Munich.
The British Tribune reported on the 7th (Korea time) that Suzuki Zaion is under Bayern's interest.
Tribuna"Bayern is gearing up to recruit Suzuki as it prepares for after Manuel Neuer. Bayern scouts consider Suzuki a leading candidate. Bayern officials have already visited Parma Stadium and watched Suzuki's performance. I was very impressed with his performance in Serie A and I am considering him as a strong candidate to fill Neuer's void.
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Bayern has come to a point where it has to replace Neuer. Neuer, who was born in 1986 and is 38 this year, has already frequently mentioned the need to recruit replacements due to injury problems in recent seasons. However, Bayern seems to plan to maintain Neuer until the next season and slowly start a generational change.
Suzuki was born to a Ghanaian father and a Japanese mother and made his first professional debut in Japan. He made his debut with the Urawa Reds and later moved to Sintrawidan in 2023. At the time of the transfer, the name was linked to big clubs, including rumors of a transfer to Manchester United. In the summer of 2024, he entered the top five European leagues heading to Serie A Parma. He played as the main goalkeeper for Parma this season.
The evaluation of Suzuki is sharply divided. His excellent pass skills and kick ability using his feet are highly evaluated, but his unstable ball handling has been pointed out several times as a weakness. In particular, he was criticized for excessive mistakes at the 2024 Asian Cup in Qatar, and he was humiliated by being selected as the Worst 11 in various media after the end of the tournament. However, after the transfer to Parma, the evaluation is gradually increasing due to its performance.
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Bayern's interest has already been reported in the German media. Germany's Bild said in January that Bayern plans to keep Neuer as its main goalkeeper until the next season, along with the selection of alternative candidates. Besides, Brighton's Bart Perbruichen and Parma's Suzuki Zaion were included in the recruitment list' Suzuki mentioned.
None of the Asian players played as the main goalkeeper of the 'Lebaumun' represented by Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich. Bayern already has Asian players Kim Min-jae and Hiroki Ito, but both players are center backs. It is an opportunity to play as the main goalkeeper of the European club for the first time in Asia. Interest is expected to be enormous if the best clubs representing Europe start recruiting Suzuki to use him as the gatekeeper.
Many fans are expected to pay attention to whether Suzuki will enter a big club based on this interest and build a career as a goalkeeper that will remain in Asian history.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
