Barcelona, Juventus Draw Closer To Poaching Bayern Munich Youth Prospect Kenan Yildiz

So this is a pretty major bummer. Yildiz is very much the homegrown talent we love to see break through the ranks. When he signed from the SSV Jahn Regensburg youth setup, he had just turned seven. Now he’s a tall, rangy attacking midfielder (standing 1.85 meters, or about 6’1”) who has worked his way through to the U-19s — approaching the age where he could be just on the cusp of something big.

On the other hand, attacking midfield is one position where, by stroke of luck or sheer effort, Bayern find themselves flush with numbers — both in the senior and youth ranks: Jamal Musiala, Paul Wanner, Lovro Zvoranek, to name a few. Experience elsewhere may be the right move at the right time for young Kenan.

In any case, it certainly looks like he won’t be renewing his just-expired contract. And in Barça and Juve, the kid has earned himself some plum opportunities. That’s to his credit, and will be a point of pride for the Bayern academy. Silver linings.

All the best to Kenan, hope we’ll see great things from him in the future, wherever that lies.