How I became Bayern's no.1 | Yann Sommer's story

Is this man displacing Bayern's world goalkeeper? Well, at the moment, with Manuel Neuer injured, Yann Sommer has the job. But will he ever give it up again? What will happen when colleague Manu is healthy and back again? Will there be an internal goalkeeper battle? Who is the man between two of the most coveted goalposts in the football world?
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[@ntluck1592]

Fun fact, Yann Sommer played alongside Mohamed Salah in Basel back in 2012-13. He was always fun to watch with his acrobatic saves and a bit of flamboyant manner

[@dwkickoff]

Nice one!

[@fandrismanik4037]

The single reason why France didn't win Euro 2020

[@dwkickoff]

He was amazing, absolutely!

[@adidevchafle]

That 19 saves though🤯

[@dwkickoff]

Incredible!

[@silencesilence3408]

Massively underrated and not noticed enough, reason why?? I’m in the same boat, HEIGHT!!! The whole stupid judgment on height is ridiculous, so many can slip through the net simply because of that. It can be heartbreaking

[@avikkundu5932]

he is the right choice... a perfect replacement.. with days passing by it's evident that he has developed a great relationship with his colleagues and great coordination with upa & de ligt.. :)

[@jacersalvatore]

sommer is a legend !

[@eavyeavy2864]

Gladbach for 8 years, poached by Bayern

[@suspiciousafternoon]

19 saves against Bayern... I've seen anything like it. Incredible!

[@alibaba-cg1go]

Because Neuer got injured and Bayern wanted a decent goalkeeper

[@Gustavo_Rodriguez]

True 😂

[@championsreid7529]

“Decent”, currently no. 7 in the world

[@sequoia689]

That's just it

[@romiarkan450]

There's your answer. If Neuer hadn't gone down the next person on the depth chart would be amassing generational wealth by just going to training.

[@ntfdbrs2562]

by decent, you mean 19 saves vs Bayern in a single game. and also knocked out WC Winners during the Euros.

[@Anonymous-ve4qj]

Sommer is amazing. One of the best gks tbh

[@AndriaRiza]

Well deserved...time to shine brighter ❤

[@SiameseAlbino]

If you can't score against him, you sign him 😊😊

[@l.tproductions3489]

Genius comment

[@romiarkan450]

The Bayern way baby

[@baby0024]

Sommmerrr ist sehr gut

[@tushyranx5860]

Many a Swiss player have gone through Gladbach on their way to bigger things

[@bigdaddy2429]

Why is the script for this video so obsessed about his height? The dude is 1,84 cm very reasonable for a goalkeeper

[@matti6875]

On transfermarkt si reported as 182/183 but that's not average goalkeeper height for sure, not even 184, Italian goalkeeper cragno was often rejected for his height (186cm)

[@bigdaddy2429]

@@matti6875 as a general rule, anything above 180 cm is accepted for high level goalkeepers, at a lower level than the bundesliga anything goes, quality is the measure

[@matti6875]

@@bigdaddy2429 yeah 180 is acceptable but they rather taller goalkeepers and if a goalkeeper 180 tall makes it to the big leagues often is not that good while Sommer is world class

[@thesunsetsocietyofficial2040]

All i know is that bayern has two amazing goal keepers

[@muhammadzarazara]

Yann sommer also has hollywood style he can join film industry 😅

[@Gabrielmaragh228]

you ate his chiken nuggies at 3am he goes out to the fridge he notices its not there and he looks at you like this 7:30

[@elazarcohn5742]

Sorry but please get your facts straight! Yann Sommer played for FC Basel and then moved to Germany not from Zurich though please! He is an FCB player! And in Basel he shined

[@jessiecardoso7005]

The betrayal😨😨😨😨

[@m6adam]

Nerazzurri

[@ChesterRGC]

also he's a really handsome man 😳

[@Wellshem]

Fun fact: He looks exactly like a very popular french rapper: Orelsan

[@dinisfonseca6305]

München * not Munich

[@arthurnixon1740]

The Good Age does not matter with Goalkeeper.

[@emmeteeny]

Neuer got injured.

[@dwkickoff]

Correct

[@andreryan4903]

Lol. His 6 foot and “vertically challenged”😅

[@dysiabr4088]

🖤✌️

[@Sufiyansodiq]

I’m 19 years old from Nigeria 🇳🇬 I wish I can see a person or an agent who will help me with my career, passion, talent as a footballer I really need help please

[@zulboleh93]

Not the chosen one

[@dwkickoff]

@zulboleh93 Sometimes you're chosen, sometimes you're not

[@sbblmb]

Ok let's dial it back a bit. He only came to be in this position because of Neuer's injury and Nuebel's stupid decision making and difficult character. He's a bit above Bundesliga average

[@Sebastianrdz41]

6ft is short :')

[@Zakaria-xs5sy]

He is 6 feet😅

[@EuroGuy85]

the answer is easy, somehow ze germens love to go skiing off piste and find themselves in incredibly bad situations! that's how you became Bayern's option.

[@ImReadyD151]

This is a problem. Just makes the league a joke. No loyalty

[@dwkickoff]

@ImReadyD151 Does it? Make the league a joke? Is the Sommer transfer different to others? In the two German top tiers 376 players changed clubs this year. Isn't it just modern football?

[@ImReadyD151]

@@dwkickoff The last time a different team won the league was 2012. They’ve won it 11 times since 2010, the other team that won it twice was dortmund. What happened? They poached all their players. What have they done since then? Poach loads of other bundlesliga players.

[@mattd2026]

The problem with the league isn't loyalty.

[@dwkickoff]

@MattD so what's the problem, MattD?

[@42void42]

@@ImReadyD151 Everyone doing the same

[@intergalacticmuffin7071]

Sell out if you play for bayern it's a kop out most horrid club in the world walk the league every season and cripple any challengers by buying there best players. I think its embarrassing that their players celebrate every year as if there was any competition.

[@Huaifengvet]

Yann Sommer is perfect. 🥰

[@dwkickoff]

What would Manuel Neuer say about that....?

[@WakuFootball]

Such a inspiration

[@dwkickoff]

Absolutely. Do you think he can take Manuel Neuer's no.1 spot at Bayern when he's back, Ryan?

[@WakuFootball]

@@dwkickoff Absolutely

[@42void42]

@@dwkickoff Neuer is finished sadly

[@dwkickoff]

@@42void42 😵 sure about that? Has proven he can come back a few times now...instagram.com/p/Coufe3QMIeM/?hl=de

[@2693742]

Funny thing is, Bayern lost to Gladbach yet again this season. So it wasn't Sommer, that team is Bayern's kryptonite. 😂

[@danuracula]

Sommer-sault

[@touhottaja6897]

It`s Sommer time!

[@mattd2026]

Gta musik?

[@42void42]

Yann Sommer is ethnic German ?

[@jdlazar]

No, he is Swiss.

[@42void42]

@@jdlazar Swiss is not a ethnicity