Bayern loan Kiwi Singh to second tier Regensburg
BERLIN: Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich said on Tuesday that they have loaned New Zealand midfielder Sarpreet Singh to second tier side Jahn Regensburg for the coming season.
The 22-year-old All Whites atacking midfielder broke into the Bayern team from the reserves in early 2019-20, making two appearances in Germany’s top flight.
Last season, he was loaned out to secondtier Nuremberg, returning midway through the campaign ater only five starts, and has played for Bayern’s reserves in the third division since February.
Auckland-born Singh was the first player of Indian origin to play in the Bundesliga. He said he was looking forward to the challenge of Germany’s second tier.
“It’s a very difficult league,” he told the Regensburg website, “where anyone can beat anyone.”
The atacking midfielder, who has made six appearances for New Zealand, sees the loan spell as “the best next step in my career” and wants to become a crowd favourite in Regensburg.
“I like to atack, have the ball and to entertain the fans.
“I want to play as much as possible and help the team with goals and assists.”
Meanwhile, Bayern can defend its 2020 Champions League title, said former German star footballer Oliver Kahn ater taking office as the club’s new CEO on Monday.
The 51-year-old successor of Karl-heinz Rummenigge, on his first official working day in office, called the Bavarians’ current squad competitive enough to win the most important club competition and add other titles to their kity.
“To win the 10th consecutive national title is one of our big goals as no club managed to perform that well in the past,” the former Germany keeper told Xinhua in an interview.
Bayern will enter a new season with Julian Nagelsmann as the new coach.
Kahn noted that expectations regarding coach Nagelsmann “aren’t higher than with any other Bayern coach. Julian knows about Bayern’s title hunger”.
He added that the club is expecting the new coach to develop talent in the academy.
Bundesliga champions said that they expect the Covid-19 pandemic to cost them 150 million euros ($178 million) in lost match-day revenue.