Joao Palhinha is already in Munich, completing the medical check – but Fulham refused the midfielder a change at the last second. The last transfer day ends in chaos for Bayern – and with a squad that is hardly reliable in some places.
Amazingly, Joao Palhinha received clearance to take off. On Friday morning he was allowed to leave London for a trip to Munich. After all, Palhinha will always have Harry Kane ahead of him, who recently had to leave the airport again after the intervention of his then-club president. Palhinha also enjoyed other preferential treatment on board, including waving across the ocean to Bayern player Ryan Gravenberch, who was heading in the opposite direction to join Liverpool for €45m.