Amidst speculations and rumours that he would pen a new deal with German Bundesliga 1 juggernauts Bayern Munich in recent weeks, 18-year-old striker and wonderkid Mathys Tel is confirmed to have signed contract extensions with the 33-time German champions and the winners of the previous 11 German top-flight football team crowns earlier this week by the club itself as well as famous football journalists like the Italian Fabrizio Romano. According to verified sources, the 18-year-old Mathys Tel’s new deal with the German outfit will span to the end of the 2028/2029 Season in June 2029, where he will be turning 24.
Official Statements on Mathys Tel’s New Contract Extensions
In conjunction with Mathys Tel’s new contract extensions with Bayern Munich, the most successful football in German club football history confirmed the news on their website with an official statement. “Mathys Tel has signed a contract extension with FC Bayern until 30 June 2029. The France U21 international’s original contract was set to run until summer 2027. The 18-year-old moved to Munich from French club Stade Rennes in summer 2022,” read the public announcement from the six-time European Cup / UEFA Champions League winners.
Apart from the club’s confirmation on the 18-year-old Mathys Tel’s new deal at the Bavarians, FC Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl and sporting director Christoph Freund also extended their heartfelt feelings over the player’s prolonged tenure at the club, with the former saying “Mathys arrived in Munich as a young player and, at the age of 18, has already gained a lot of important experience at the top level. He will lay down many markers, here at Bayern”, and the latter noting “Every club wants players like Mathys Tel, young, extremely talented, hungry and willing to learn. The way he already plays at this level at the age of 18 is something special”.
The player Mathys Tel himself was ecstatic on extending his contract with Bayern, which will see the young star develop in one of the best football clubs in the world. “This contract extension means a lot to me. I’ve already learnt a lot at Bayern, both on and off the pitch. Munich has become a home for me and my family, and the fans are also very important to me. I can’t be the player I am without them. When you play for Bayern, you always want to win every trophy. I want to score and set up goals, play with heart and energy for Bayern, and give everything for this club and its fans,” said the wonderkid striker.
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Mathys Tel’s Statistics for Bayern Munich Thus Far
Mathys Tel was a product of the Stade Rennais F.C. academy who went on to represent the senior side 10 times in the 2021/2022 Season. Although he did not manage to offer any goal contributions in those games for Stade Rennais F.C. in France domestic football and European club football competitions, his versatile style of play especially up front caught Bayern Munich’s attention, prompting a transfer to be completed during the summer of 2022. The France-born footballer then sealed a move to join the German giants on a four-year contract and almost immediately offered his impact to the games that he has played for Bayern in 2022/2023.
In his first season with the Bavarians, Mathys Tel played a total of 28 games in all competitions under two managers from German Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel. He goal ratio to these appearances was translated into 0.21 with six goals under his belt. The best-scoring season in the striker’s professional senior career set last time around was bettered with many games left this campaign, having already found the net seven times and offered four assists in 31 games played across all tournaments in 2023/2024; Bayern Munich currently have ten more games in their league campaign and are through to the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinals.
Mathys Tel’s Bayern Munich of course overcame their 1-0 deficit suffered in the hands of Italian Serie A side S.S. Lazio in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 a few weeks ago in the returning leg earlier this week, scoring a treble of goals and reaching the next round of the competition on top of a 3-1 aggregate score line. Harry Kane and Thomas Müller were influential in leading the German champions back into the contest, whereas Mathys Tel came onto the pitch to replace Müller with 12 minutes remaining the normal playing time. Click on this article to review about all the happenings in the continental cup tie in European club football.
MATHYS TEL! WHAT A HIT 🚀
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— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) March 1, 2024
Mathys Tel: The Potential 2024 Golden Boy Award Winner?
Despite being only 18 years of age, Mathys Tel has a couple of huge team accolades such as the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (Where he scored three goals during the group stage while also captained the French squad thrice in the tournament) and the 2022/2023 German Bundesliga 1 (Five goals in 22 league matches) trophies to his tender career. Should he be able to start more games and put on consistent performances for Bayern Munich in the near and far future, it would not be a surprise for Mathys Tel to be considered for the 2024 Golden Boy award.
The 18-year-old Mathys Tel was of course one of the 20 finalists that made it into the 2023 Golden Boy award, while the eventual individual achievement ended with Jude Bellingham from England, German Bundesliga 1’s Borussia Dortmund and Spanish La Liga’s Real Madrid as the receiver. Bellingham was faced with tough competition in the award ceremony, especially Mathys Tel’s club teammate Jamal Musiala, who also showed immense maturity as a midfielder despite his young age.
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