Failed Palhinha Deal Rounds Up Deadline Day Disaster For Bayern

Perhaps other than Dortmund’s 2-2 draw against Heidenheim, it was a transfer deadline day to forget for Bayern Munich. The Bundesliga champions lost out on signing a replacement for Benjamin Pavard and failed to get a deal for defensive midfielder João Palhinha across the line.

Everything seemed to go Bayern’s way in the week leading up to the window closing on Friday. The Munich-based club sold defender Pavard for €30 million ($33 million) plus €2 million ($2.2 million) in add-ons to Inter Milan. That deal was supposed to cover about half of what was supposed to become a new defensive midfielder or no. 6.