Bayern Set to Recall Tel from Tottenham | OneFootball

French forward, Mathys Tel looks set to return to Bayern Munich at the end of his Tottenham loan spell.

Tel made just two Bayern appearances in the first half of this season.

In January, Vincent Kompany loaned the young forward to Premier League side, Tottenham Hotspur for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.

The loan deal reportedly included an option to buy for fee of £50m this summer.

Tel has experienced mixed form in north London but he started with a bang.

On 9 February, he scored his first goal in stoppage time of a 2–1 away defeat against Aston Villa in the FA Cup.

However, Tel has made just four league appearances and completed 90 minutes just once.

Whilst performances are slowly improving, Kicker report that Bayern may be forced to recall Tel early.

Bayern Munich will travel to Orlando, USA in June for the FIFA World Club Cup.

They will be without many of their internationals as Germany, France and Portugal are in Nations League action at the same time.

Tel’s contract with Spurs is due to expire on June 30, but FIFA has opened up a new transfer window between June 1 and June 10, in what will lead to two separate windows this summer.

Thus, with Bayern balancing a developing injury crisis and fixture congestion, Kompany will decide to prematurely recall the loan players they have sent abroad.

Injury in the 3-2 win yesterday vs St Pauli to Japanese, defender Hiroki Ito extends a long list of unavailable players, including Kingsley Coman, Alphonso Davies, and and Aleksandar Pavlovic.

It is unclear how this will affect Tel and his career ambitions.

The 19-year-old previously made it clear that he wanted to stay at Tottenham.“Why I chose Tottenham, because that was the best option for me, what was important for me.“I felt the commitment, I spoke with the president [chairman Daniel Levy], talked with the manager. I’m young, I’ve started to grow up and this was the best option for me and I’m very happy.”

It is also unclear whether Tottenham would want to activate the buy-clause.Ange Postecoglou said he is still waiting to see the best from the France Under-21 international.“Mathys came in a really tricky time for us in that it’s different if you haven’t been playing regularly and then jump in but he’s kind of been trying to build up his fitness.“He’s still a young man, it’s a different league and there are different demands. Certainly at the moment we are not in our best moment like last night when he is going to get loads of chances.“Again, working with him since he came in, he’s got a really strong head on his shoulders and last night, as disappointed as he was to come off, it didn’t seem to affect him in terms of his mental aptitude to deal with it and get on with it and try and make an impact in the best way he can.”“[Mathys] hasn’t made the impact that he probably wanted to but the circumstances of where we are at, I think it’s unfair to put that on his shoulders. He has done as well as he possibly can.”

Whilst his medium to long-term future remains uncertain, Tel can looking forward to the return of Premier League football in midweek when Tottenham head to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea on Thursday night.

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