{"id":294012,"date":"2023-11-14T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294012"},"modified":"2023-11-14T11:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:25:07","slug":"joao-palhinha-admits-his-failed-bayern-move-really-affected-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/joao-palhinha-admits-his-failed-bayern-move-really-affected-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Joao Palhinha admits his failed Bayern move 'really affected me'"},"content":{"rendered":"
Joao Palhinha has admitted that his failed deadline day transfer to Bayern Munich took its took on him and his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Fulham\u00a0midfielder was set to complete a move to German champions and had flown to Munich to complete his medical, but the transfer fell through on deadline day due after the Cottagers were unable to find a replacement.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old recovered from the disappointment and has continued to impress in west London, despite his side’s poor form this term.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the winter transfer window\u00a0approaches, discussion has turned to whether the combative midfielder could see his transfer resurrected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I don\u2019t know what will happen in the future.’ Palhinha told\u00a0O Jogo ahead of\u00a0Portugal’s Euro qualifiers against Liechtenstein. ‘Obviously, it\u2019s really affected me and my family, but that\u2019s all in the past, I don\u2019t want to think about it too much.<\/p>\n
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Joao Palhinha admitted that his failed move to Bayern Munich affected him and his family<\/p>\n
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Despite Fulham’s stuttering form, Palhinha has remain a dominant force in midfield and leads the league in number of tackles made (52)<\/p>\n
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Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund (pictured) confirmed that Palhinha remains on the club’s radar\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘It\u2019s a great source of pride, you know what happened. In my life everything that has happened has been for a reason, I like to think of it like that.’<\/p>\n
Palhinha penned a new contract at Fulham just weeks later and insisted upon its announcement that he was ‘100 per cent’ committed to the club and thanked the fans for their support.<\/p>\n
‘The future will tell me whether what happened was really what had to happen or not, but only the future will show me that.’ He added.<\/p>\n
‘I want to keep going the way I\u2019ve been going, nobody has given me anything throughout my career, and everything I\u2019ve achieved is down to my worth, my work.<\/p>\n
‘I hope it stays that way. I\u2019m 28, but I know I can go higher and I\u2019m looking to the future with that ambition.’<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich sporting director\u00a0Christoph Freund confirmed that the club remain interested in the player who has registered more tackles than anyone else in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n
The Bavarian giants were unable to sign an alternative to Palhinha and also sold midfielder Ryan Gravenberch to Liverpool, leaving them short on numbers in the position during the first-half of the campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Of course he is still on our radar.’ Freund told Sport Bild. ‘The club worked intensively with Palhinha in the summer.<\/p>\n
‘I was there for the bit on the last, strange day of the transfer window, but you can\u2019t say yet what will happen. We are generally exploring the market.’<\/p>\n
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