The ESPN FC crew discuss João Palhinha’s season at Bayern Munich amid links with a loan move to Tottenham.

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  1. My idea of a wild night now involves staying up past midnight to binge-watch a new series on Netflix. Who needs candlelit dinners when you have cliffhangers and popcorn💕

  2. One can only wonder what kind of dirt Goretzka has on the bosses with the amount of midfielders he's got forced out of the club. Palhinha was fantastic for a good stretch, got hurt, then never looked the same.

  3. no clue why they bought him when teams like Liverpool and others really wanted him, wasted a year of his career, and now he’s on to Spurs

  4. we never got to see him, didn´t get a chance really and he´s older…overpaid a year later after the coach who wanted him initially (Tuchel) got the boot. Kimmich moved back to midfeld, Pavlovic broke through, Laimer, oh and Goretzka is still there..

  5. Gravenberch also didn’t look good at Bayern Munich and look at him now.

    Palhinha never seemed a good fit for Bayern because a midfield destroyer like him has to play in a specific system. If you are looking for a more technically gifted and progressive midfielder who helps in build-up play, he isn't that guy. He can play for a big team but more as a backup role player. He is the perfect player for a mid-table side. That said, Frank is a bit more pragmatic so maybe it will work there

  6. ESPN are desperate to dress this up as he wasn’t good enough for Bundesliga and good in the Premier League to try and promote their Bundesliga coverage, The truth is he was not given an extend run in the team because the Bayern board are bias towards Kimmich and every time bring in a player to replace him, that player is not given a chance and that is happening with Paulinha and happened with Gravenberch. Kimmich is keeping Bayern and Germany second tier because he isn’t good enough defensively as a DM at elite level.