Freund: Our main goal is to renew Hupa s contract and we are very satisfied with the goalkeeper position.

November 7 News At 22:30 on November 8, in the 10th round of the 2025-26 Bundesliga season, Bayern will play away to Union Berlin. Before the game, Bayern sporting director Freund attended the press conference. He talked about some of the team's current situation.

About Lennart Karl being selected for Germany U21

- He did not get this opportunity out of thin air, so we are very happy about his selection. We're happy to have him selected and hopefully he'll get some playing time - that's the most important thing. He's only 17 and the Under-21s are a huge step up for him - we wouldn't compare him to other players.

On the current state of the team

- We're not talking about titles that won't be decided until April or May. But it's a very good starting point and it's great to win so many games and we've built a solid foundation. Things are always easier to handle when everything goes well.

In my opinion, the more important thing is that everyone can unite when things go wrong. It's always easier when you're successful - it's a product of our hard work, but we made a lot of good decisions in the summer. There’s still a lot of work to do in the next few months, but the atmosphere and energy we have as a team is really good.

About Upamecano

- It is no secret that our main goal is to renew the contract with Upamecano. Many clubs may be interested in him, he is one of the best centre-backs in the world and our aim is to keep him in our squad long-term. He feels comfortable here and we are in talks so there is nothing new to disclose at this time.

About the goalkeeper position

- We are very satisfied with the current goalkeeper situation. Neuer has shown extraordinary energy. The team and himself are very happy that he can stay healthy and in excellent condition. We don't have any time pressure on this and discuss it openly so everything goes smoothly.

Ulbich always excels when he plays. He benefited greatly from Neuer and Ulreich, and not just in training. In addition, we have a goalkeeper like Peretz, who was originally planned to be the goalkeeper at Hamburg, but that is not the case at the moment, so we are communicating with him and his agent to explore how to improve the situation, and we still have enough time in this regard.